People never realized that this woman was also a great dramatic actress. She could do it all. Here, she proves that she really is,The Worlds Greatest Entertainer.
Yes, she could do it all but people needed to find flaws because she couldn't just be a triple threat, it was impossible for people to understand that. People rarely talked about her as a dramatic actress for this very reason.
God this scene breaks me, it’s just so amazing and she’s so good. When she says that she hates him I break a little every time. She could so easily be talking about herself
This woman was a brilliant actress. She was robbed of an Oscar for this role. I watch her scenes in this & she is a revelation. And that Voice- Pure Perfection
I recently watched a video about this. How in reality no one truly won. Everyone was devastated for Judy and so no one was happy for Grace. What a shame they did this to dear Judy at no fault of Graces either. Such a heart breaking story. May Judy rest in the arms of angels
This makes me cry every time I watch this scene. The level of depth and emotion. At the time she filmed this movie she was going thru her own battle with addiction to pills. I'm sure much of this monologue she pulled from her own personal stuggles at the time. Only reason she lost the oscar was because she was acting out and the studio heads wanted to punish her for missing days on set. This movie was one of her best dramatic and comedic roles. Personally I thought she deserved to win and was cheated out of her oscar because studio heads wanted to control her and make a point. You can still make this right hollywood and give her an honorary oscar now. He children would appreciate it. The fans like me would appreciate it. This is a heart wrenching scene for sure. Another moment was when she sang The Man That got Away. That destroys me every time I hear her sing it. This version no disrespect to GaGA and Barbara is my favorite A Star is Born movie.
I think she was exactly that: the greatest movie actress the world has ever known. And the amazing thing is that she was also the greatest singer of songs the world has ever known. And, as Lucille Ball so graciously pointed out, she was the funniest woman in America. I just don't know how it could all come together like that in one person. Doesn''t seem fair, does it?
Amazing at 4:36 how she goes from a despondent scowl to a Hollywood smile as she goes into the final take of the song. She was so terribly underrated as an actress. If this scene was the only thing she ever did, she would still be one of the best actresses we have ever had.
My stepdad is an alcoholic. He struggles to get well. She is right. Sometimes, love isn’t enough. They have to want to get clean. No one can force them into sobriety. They have to do it themselves. This scene is really heart-wrenching. Judy was amazing.
Isn't it quite ironic that in one of her most celebrated roles, she was essentially cast to play out the complete opposite end of her life and problems? It's almost as if through this role, Judy confronted and fought her own demons on screen. Maybe this is what makes this performance so brilliant.
Judy tears the heart out of the viewer in this scene. Despair, rage, love, fear, empathy, and then some. She should have gotten the Oscar just for this scene. Grace Kelly for The Country Girl? Ridiculous!
God. This scene broke my heart. I have issues with sobriety. I've watched loved ones with the same issue and had similar responses. I just think about what my wife must think of me. I try, but God, it is hard. The line " love isn't enough " really sticks with me. I always thought that if I found my soul mate, I'd get over my alcohol issues. I found my soul mate. I love my wife so much. I can't imagine a life without her, but I can't stop drinking. I'd do absolutely anything for her, but I can't stop drinking. I've been in therapy for some time. Hopefully, I will get to the point where I can stop.
The edited version of the film removed all the lead-up to this emotional scene when she’d been cheerfully running through the entire upbeat and perky “Lose That Long Face” musical number. Losing all that reduces the poignancy of her return to the stage at the end to force herself back into fake happiness again.
Before filming this scene, director George Cukor pulled her aside and gently said “you know what this is about. You really know this.” Judy was struggling terribly with alcoholism at this point, which makes this scene so much harder to watch. She was incredible.
It's amazing to see this era of moviemaking when stars were expected to deliver Oscar-worthy monologues in fully unbroken minutes-long shots. I mean this is mostly just a shot of her talking for nearly three minutes. No cuts, no stitches. And she really nails it. Today there would be 40 cuts minimum in this scene.
This and the hospital scene in “I Could Go on Singing” are her best dramatic moments. Interestingly, they are both self-referential. Here, about her own addictions and the other about the pressures of performing.
Interesting that they chose to use the take where she accidentally knocked her hat off. There were others where this mistake didn’t happen, but I guess this looked lighthearted and more fun, to contrast more starkly with all the trauma that had just occurred.
@@allanbarros5835 Either Hedda Hopper or Luella Parsons said "Judy lost by 7 votes and you know who those votes came from: Those 7 bas...ds" in the front office " Thos gossip columnists knew the score!
All done in one take...look at the range here in just this one scene...not to mention what happens when she goes back to the set to finish the song (thanks to the found footage). And Grace Kelly won for scowling with a toothache for a whole movie? Judy was robbed and cheated.