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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 443203" data-attributes="member: 57984">Joan didn&#039;t care much for JOHNNY GUITAR if only because it was lousy box office (she apparently assessed her own films by how well they did). I like some of her films, but her sado-masochistic screen dynamic is interesting -- she&#039;s not an electric bitch (like Bette Davis played), Crawford was a darker bitch with churnings of mental illness. But real-life bitches seem to play tormented characters better than they do cinema bitches.As a kid, I used to find Crawford boring, but today she seems a little more layered to me. But she&#039;s also a poser (which can work). I think I like her best in the noir POSSESSED (1947) because she&#039;s a long-suffering, unhinged mess and everyone has a psychiatric diagnosis. And even alarm buzzers talk to her and call name.BTW: The plot from JOHNNY GUITAR was lifted by ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 443203, member: 57984"] Joan didn't care much for JOHNNY GUITAR if only because it was lousy box office (she apparently assessed her own films by how well they did). I like some of her films, but her sado-masochistic screen dynamic is interesting -- she's not an electric bitch (like Bette Davis played), Crawford was a darker bitch with churnings of mental illness. But real-life bitches seem to play tormented characters better than they do cinema bitches. As a kid, I used to find Crawford boring, but today she seems a little more layered to me. But she's also a poser (which can work). I think I like her best in the noir POSSESSED (1947) because she's a long-suffering, unhinged mess and everyone has a psychiatric diagnosis. And even alarm buzzers talk to her and call name. BTW: The plot from JOHNNY GUITAR was lifted by ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. [/QUOTE]

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