I love how it goes chillingly quiet for a minute and then Meretuil whispers “war.” You knew right then things aren’t going to end happily.
@The_torero9 жыл бұрын
Even though Glenn was so evil and calculating in this, I was rooting for her all throughout.
@The_torero8 жыл бұрын
Tripti Thakur Very true. This is an astute assessment.
@sabrinafojo24908 жыл бұрын
Glen plays the consequences of a seductive counterparts of his desires. But she lets love be the enterprise... Is an amazing scene; "vanity and happiness"
@AtlasBlizzard8 жыл бұрын
+Tripti Thakur Well said. To me, the two biggest Best Actress Oscar blunders ever are Ellen Burstyn's role in Requiem For A Dream, and Glenn here. And that she lost to Cher the year before, who was only okay in Moonstruck.
@freshlybakedbria6 жыл бұрын
UM YES? ME TOO?
@GundemaroSagrajas4 жыл бұрын
Of course! She's a total badass
@ThePiscean6011 жыл бұрын
"...one of the reasons I never remarried, despite a rather bewildering assortment of offers, was the determination NEVER AGAIN TO BE ORDERED AROUND!!!!....I must therefore ask that you take a less "marital" tone....." fantastic!!!!!
@christinaa.11658 жыл бұрын
"unless you prefer this, if memory serves, rather purgatorial sofa" lol
@Jloufoque12 жыл бұрын
I'm french and i'm totally in love with Choderlos de Laclos' novel but that movie is just epic... And Glenn Glose is incredible, her voice, her face... everything !
@norisahderis45984 жыл бұрын
as much as i lv the english author daphne du maurier's novel..Rebecca..
@lepetitchat123 Жыл бұрын
Is the film a faithful adaptation?
@FredAureus Жыл бұрын
@@lepetitchat123 It is. And they made a superb french version, inspired by the book, which is of course very close to the language and expressions used back then.
@alisadetwiler34044 жыл бұрын
The cat and mouse game and the dialogue between Glenn Close and John Malcovitch makes this movie brilliant.
@PerryTrails14 жыл бұрын
See the context of this tightly controlled time. What Merteuil and Valmont are threatening each other with is exposure. Both had their genuine natures revealed in an age where keeping up appearances was paramount, and both were destroyed, one literally, the other societally.
@luisfedericosala13545 жыл бұрын
It is the most intense scene of Dangerous Liasons. Two scoundrels, eating their own souls in between.👿👿
@wekakiwi5 жыл бұрын
Her response to his rage (from 2:11 through to 2:22) gives me the chills. I really hope she finally wins an Oscar this year.
@zerjiozerjio5 жыл бұрын
It's striking! She's a virtuoso of acting the way her character is a virtuoso of deceit.
@yingma9604 Жыл бұрын
Just wow wow wow, Close and Malkovitch at the top of their art, their acting gives so much depth to the characters, even though we would call these characters psychopaths, narcs, or energy vampires in real life.
@bahamutskingdom9 жыл бұрын
One of the great films of my time. Perhaps the greatest performances by John Malcovic Glenn Close Uma Thurman Michelle Phifer And Keanu Reeves
@rogerjoseph85225 жыл бұрын
Keanu Reeves was, as usual miscast, but the rest of the troupe, including Swoozie Kurtz and Mildred Natwick were of high calibre But John and Glenn were exceptional!!!
@simonjamesyoung80914 жыл бұрын
@@rogerjoseph8522 Agreed 🤝
@simonjamesyoung80914 жыл бұрын
Honourable mentions for Michelle and Uma Both very, very good Perhaps elevated even higher their performances by the company they were keeping
@monsieurm69756 жыл бұрын
What a friggjn’ AWESOME scene, I love , still love this movie !
@namyarasree2 жыл бұрын
What wonderful actors, beautiful, talent, wonderful costumes, a masterpiece.
@paintur686 жыл бұрын
This scene is terrifying on so many levels! I have to watch this movie again. :-D
@nobhillrox16 жыл бұрын
Having not watched this for many years, it's interesting to realize how far both of these actors have come in their abilities.
@kentallen38574 жыл бұрын
This film is a twentieth century masterpiece and the Academy gave no aretha... (Respect)
@livelife594710 жыл бұрын
hahaha the player got played
@Economica198211 жыл бұрын
This movie spoiled the medium for me. Seriously, I watch less than a movie a year on average because they all fail to meet this standard. Malkovich and Close are incredible. Pfeiffer and Thurman were great too. Only disappointment was Reeves but I guess no movie is perfect. This one comes so close to perfection!
@iateyoufortea7 жыл бұрын
this is so good!!
@TonyGalla-kw4hw26 күн бұрын
When I saw it, I was horrified h how these two characters used people. How they wasted their considerable charm, intelligence, and very strong personalities. What they did to others in this movie is despicable. Of course, he loved someone who would have made him a better human being, and she loved only herself. She was so disgraced, revealed for what she was, a monster(so was he, until he fell in love) that we see in her face tge realization that once exposed to the world, she in fact did have a conscious. She just was like so many, being manipulative, enjoying power over others, until she was found out. She then is horrified, and although there is little guilt, retreats forever into a loneliness she hid , but now lives. The acting is on another level.
@jonwiley259214 жыл бұрын
"...vanity and happiness are incompatible..." words to live by; the divorce rate might not be as high as it is if people only kept this in mind.
@kiransampat43383 жыл бұрын
The movie is good, but the novel is outstanding.Eifersucht ist eine Leidenschaft die mit Eifer sucht was Leiden schaft.The feelings of jealousy and hurting/cheating each other are depicted very brilliantly by Malkovich and Close.The usually cunning Valmont is depressed, angry and at hits Wit End.Usually he is used to winning women over and having what he wants.He is really pretty desperate and still loves Merteuil.
@MalvinderKaur-e7x4 ай бұрын
These stories were written by what was going on in society at that point of time in those circles.
@th2k8642 ай бұрын
Meryl Streep could never. Partly because when she gets angry on film she tends to cry.
@TheNuharoo11 жыл бұрын
I ADORE this part and I believe that Close was cheated.
@itsdebs3 ай бұрын
She's so right when she speaks of women wounding women.
@billslusser11 жыл бұрын
THAT is absolute HORROR if you understand the underlying hidden allusions he's making. AN AWFULLY HORRIBLE WAY TO END THE DAYS OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE AND RESPECT YOU. TRUST YOU. WERE LOYAL TO THE END TO YOU. Everything you need to survive, but yourself backstabbing yourself.
@SimonJamesYoung-x7fАй бұрын
Genius
@dougr.2398 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant scene.
@ivancervi18252 жыл бұрын
La voce nasale di Malkovich e' al limite della tollerabilita'!
@simonjamesyoung80914 жыл бұрын
Wow Just Wow❗ Always
@guilhermebranco77295 жыл бұрын
War.
@Love-Sensibility Жыл бұрын
The absolute urgency in Malkov's Valmont is SO HOT to me!
@TheNuharoo10 жыл бұрын
"So if you please, use a less 'marital' tone of voice" Classic line from a legendary actress.
@davehoekenga44772 жыл бұрын
I relate to so much of what critics say about Malkovich being miscast in this film, but draw a different conclusion; yes, he does not affect period mannerisms; yes, he, from the very first big scene '...I became a virtuoso of deceit...' looks just a little out of his depth, deeply, almost metaphysically uneasy, like he's been...well, miscast. Yes, he frequently sounds less invested in a scene than just annoyed with it. All of this serves the film and the character, rather than detract from it. It's an edgy casting choice that paid off brilliantly. Malkovich's Valmont is a man past his prime who is his own worst enemy. His sex-rogue guise used to work for him, but it already is starting to fray at the edges; he is comfortable and competent in Merteuil's drawing room or in Cecile's bed, but he's been deceiving and getting laid and trading barbs for maybe 20 years. His game isn't working for him anymore, on a gnawing, even spiritual level. Whereas he is SURROUNDED by sincerity - Cecile's youthful naivete, Merteuil's carefully-constructed evil and deep self-acceptance, Keanu's flat youthful idiocy, Pfeiffer's barely guarded passionate nature and deep capacity for genuine devotion and love......in the midst of all this swirling melodrama of sincere people who know what they're doing and why they're doing it for the most part, who when the are forced to pivot respond with genuine passion and LIFE......there's HIM, just leering and scheming half-heartedly at the center of it all. Laconic, depressed, despairing, from his first scene to his last. It's the PERFECT arrangement of personalities, and his contrast in every scene climaxes with the Duel, where his contempt for his own life is what primarily comes across. A livelier, 'wittier' more conventionally seductive Valmont might have satisfied some fans of period Romance, but this film ain't romantic. If you think that, with a slightly different turn of events, Valmont and Tourvel could have lived happily ever after, you saw a very different movie from me. Valmont was not ready to move in and be a devoted husband. He wasn't ready for love. I love Pfeiffer's line-reading of 'ENOUGH' right before she dies. Really, she's just had enough. He's full of s--t, and he knows it, and she knows it, and the fact that he has the dim, limited insight that he loved her and is nothing without her is a tiny step in a journey that he was destined, at this point in his life, never to take. His death is inevitable and appropriate to who he was. I can't imagine another actor capturing this as well. In this scene, all of this is present for me, in his complex emotions around his demand that the bargain be fulfilled. He barely wants to sleep with Merteuil. He barely wants to be alive.
@DarkManifest2 жыл бұрын
One of the best parts of coming back to rewatch this scene is reading new insights into it and this one is particularly excellent.
@ohdear22755 ай бұрын
Wow. Just Wow. You've just blown me away with your brilliant insight and observations. I bow to you and I thank you for this thrilling post.
@waynesmith37672 ай бұрын
What a great response and criticism! You should be reviewing movies.
@cherylhulting1301Ай бұрын
Very well said. And there we have the world weariness of Stephen Freaers' interpretation of the material described very well. Malkovich's performance is key to that interpretation.
@yasserveneyasser97146 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for your valuable insight and analysis of the scene. I appreciate this artwork more.
@oklahomorose10 жыл бұрын
A master class in acting in less than 5 minutes.
@victoria-timeless55225 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@victorcoutinho1565 жыл бұрын
Glenn Close is God.
@careliz3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Both. Wow!
@Parasmunt3 жыл бұрын
Michelle Pfeiffer was also incredible in this movie in an understated way.
@Himaryous3 жыл бұрын
On Glenn Close's part, yes.
@mohawk3939399 жыл бұрын
I always thought Glenn Close is like the evil version of Meryl Streep
@lanvin19829 жыл бұрын
In this movie she's better than Meryl Streep. I don't think she could deliver here. Glenn Close is unbeatable in this scene.
@Eudaimaniac449 жыл бұрын
lanvin1982 & somehow they both lost the oscar to Jodie Foster. it's ridiculous. & Foster has 2 oscars & Meryl has 3. Glenn has just disrespect from the Academy.
@mobydicki90609 жыл бұрын
Cormac Mac Mahon Ikr!!!!
@ceemam10395 жыл бұрын
I thought they were the same people just until now.
@victorcoutinho1565 жыл бұрын
The evil is there no question but what moves me about that scene is Glenn Close's eyes and that tear that never quite falls down. That somehow is what makes that moment so human.
@martinstace82016 жыл бұрын
"Vanity and happiness are incompatible"...100% goosebumps. An absolute landmark movie.
@halleck39 жыл бұрын
Doesn't get much better than this. Script: magnificent. Acting: brilliant. Characters: completely believable and evoking such emotion from the audience. Hell, yeah.
@kingofscotland72687 жыл бұрын
Well that's cause its based on simply the best epistolary book of all times. It beats Voltaire's epistolary book for god's sake. This movie is good only because it is a fraction as good as the book its inspired off of.
@victorcoutinho1565 жыл бұрын
CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON, RIGHT ?
@GundemaroSagrajas4 жыл бұрын
Music and costumes are pitch perfect too
@Neuroneos10 жыл бұрын
One of the reasons why I never remarried despite a quite bewildering range of offers is the determination never AGAIN to be ordered around! Greatest actress of all time.
@danlynch3608 жыл бұрын
Exactly. No one even comes CLOSE.
@dellen216 жыл бұрын
👍🏼
@cleverallan6 жыл бұрын
Take note, she said that in a fast but utterly fluent line... The heiress to replace Peter O'Toole's record of a living actor or actress who has the most Oscar Nominations without a single win with 6....
@victorcoutinho1565 жыл бұрын
@@cleverallan Make it 7. The Academy is a big fat joke.
@AtlasBlizzard Жыл бұрын
@@victorcoutinho156 It's up to 8 now. Unbelievable.
@calrissianlando77923 жыл бұрын
They both were on the verge of tears. His lips quivered in other scenes, she showed such rage, cold anger and control. My God both actors were pushing the limits of their talents and no Oscar for her, incredibly unbelievable.
@gingerm78004 ай бұрын
I'm still not over Glenn Close not getting an Oscar for her performance. What a crime.
@thegreatestman8514 ай бұрын
Spellbinding film. And what a riveting powerful scene !
@BellaBarossa14 жыл бұрын
You are joking?? Colin Firth is wonderful in many of his roles, but John Malkovich IS Valmont. Colin's Valmont was too 'nice'... and Valmont was not a nice man. John Malkovich was perfect in this role, as was Glenn Close as Merteuil.
@rosiepestel78364 жыл бұрын
Very true...I love John Malkovich!! He is the ultimate bad boy!!
@angelsparkle5559 жыл бұрын
Glenn Close has a sinister beauty that is incomparable.
@JohnRoberts-wk6rf3 жыл бұрын
An actress and actor at the peak of their powers. This scene is riveting.
@moVwatchr679 жыл бұрын
I love how this scene shows The vulnerable side of Valmont: he is, for the first time in the film, disheveled and unkempt. Not to mention (it's hard to see in this version) when the Marquise tells him that he is still in love with Tourvel, you can see he is crying: tears falling down his face, lip quivering. It's the first time (maybe other than the bed scene with Tourvel) that he shows his true feelings. Brilliant acting from Malkovich.
@kingofscotland72687 жыл бұрын
disheveled and unkempt are synonymous. It's redundancy in other words, a result of an attempt to sound intelligent.
@nakdad4 жыл бұрын
King Of Scotland Only a person that picks out grammatical inconsistency’s is the one that is in fear of their intellect. I know this because I was one. I bet I can even predict what you are doing now, scanning my paragraph for any. I left a certain number of them. I know the number, tell me, you can’t help it.. Sorry sap
@nakdad4 жыл бұрын
King Of Scotland btw maybe word porn would help. Carl Sagan would be horrified at you trying to belittle somebody. Know how I know? I’m a Cornell Alumni and he is my Cousin and as a little boy at many Passovers I listened to him talk to my father redundancy and all. Know why? Because the few intellectuals we have in this world or had ( more Grammer mistakes for you) don’t think of themselves as that, just as real tough guys or gals don’t think they are tough and don’t go around beating up on people physically or intellectually.. What happened to you in your life? Bright but struggled academically? Or just stupid
@LovelyDay113 жыл бұрын
Bronxguygunhillrd Not really, don’t project. Some people just really love words and are annoyed by these mistakes.
@blackbelle63223 жыл бұрын
@@nakdad OMG, that was beautiful.
@AtlasBlizzard8 жыл бұрын
"Remember, I'm better at this than you are." "Perhaps, but it is always the best swimmers who drown." What a fabulous line!
@svenneumann36838 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely right.
@roddo19554 жыл бұрын
Tbh. It is just a quip. Because it's simply not true. The best swimmers swim. The worst, sink and drown. Or perhaps she means that when a ship is sinking; it's the swimmers who get dragged down by the ones who can't swim.
@Jays69264 жыл бұрын
roddo I always took it as the best swimmers always try to go to dangerous places and that’s how they die . They’re convinced they can make a dangerous swim because they’re the best
@Mezaph3 жыл бұрын
@@roddo1955 this comment is so unbelievably stupid.
@LordVader10943 жыл бұрын
@@roddo1955 You hilariously missed the point lol
@christinebecruel12 жыл бұрын
she gave me chills when she said: WAR
@oldskoolrocker8711 жыл бұрын
Sarah Michelle Gellar ain't got nothing on Glenn Close. Glenn is fucking brilliant.
@Lifeisshort21413 жыл бұрын
It's so sad, watching Valmont in this scene watching him realise how much he'd lost and all for the sake of this woman's maliciousness and his own vanity.
@rosiepestel78364 жыл бұрын
Yes, so true!!
@iamvsimon4 жыл бұрын
Most definitely
@LovelyDay113 жыл бұрын
Lifeisshort214 Meh, he’s as evil as her. But somehow that’s more excusable for a man. In the book he didn’t really love Tourvel but they had to make him a victim to Mertuil because oh burn the witch.
@Lifeisshort2143 жыл бұрын
@@LovelyDay11 Oh I wouldn't disagree that he's as bad as Mertuil, if not worse because he is a man. He had everything and choose to spend his intelligence, power and privilege hurting others. Mertuil is woman is an intelligent and ambitious who had a limited number of paths open to her in terms of how she could amass power. Doesn't excuse her, but it is more understandable to me. Still I stand by my earlier statement that there is tragedy in the fact that Valmont in the movie at least, quite accidently found actual happiness, and then destroyed it because of his vanity and Mertuil's ability to use it against him.
@janetlieb2507 Жыл бұрын
Yes! He Lost A Deep True L💙ve because of vanity and a worthless monster who betrayed him and destroyed a beautiful fragile woman💔
@jonwiley259211 жыл бұрын
Looks and charm are relative. The point of Malkovich's Valmont is he could be charming when it suited him. His ability to turn charm off and on at a whim was what made him also dangerous. As for looks, life and history have proven that women do not always go for the best looking man. Power is also sexy.
@fanofrpgalore15463 жыл бұрын
Ugh I gotta say 8 years later, so true I didn’t find Malkovich appealing at the beginning but his complexity and powerful charisma have won me over around the halfway mark
@martinalexander65111 жыл бұрын
I LOVE how she barely even acknowledges him slapping her. She is everything you don't normally see in women in media - cold, calculating, strong, independent. Probably and example of how men and women ARE equal. She deserved an Oscar.
@orsikorponai63235 жыл бұрын
She represents a sociopath in the movie.
@Bbbbb7124 жыл бұрын
Orsi Korponai she represents an intelligent woman
@bananaborz14 жыл бұрын
B MMF Marquise de Merteuil is without a doubt, 100% a sociopath.
@LovelyDay113 жыл бұрын
Ελισάβετ Παπαδοπούλου And I suppose Valmont is just a charming bad boy.
@roddo19552 жыл бұрын
@@LovelyDay11 They are both malignant codependant narcs. Valmont was not in love with Mme Tourvelle, she was a conquest. And when he knew he had been beaten, he was willing to die at the hands of Danceny. The ultimate humiliation and revenge.
@DJdext6 жыл бұрын
A minute and a half in and she already knows she won. He knew it too. Another minute later and she nearly loses her cool. Then she's on the verge of tears when she knows she lost him too. Then her pride of vanity wouldn't allow her to stop. I wish they had a behind the scenes or rehearsal footage of this. Like it's already been said, a masterclass in acting in under 5 minutes. WAR!
@emrebulut70806 жыл бұрын
Why the hell doesn't she have an Oscar. Even one. She deserved more than one. But she doesn't have even one. Even Jennifer Lawrence does for God's sake. Glenn Close is Meryl Streep's equal for me. Academy just shows some artists favor. It has been like that all this time. They mostly made political decisions. They haven't awarded actors or films that deserved.
@lesgalloiseries7 жыл бұрын
If you think about it, every bad thing that happened to Merteuil afterwards was all her fault. She and Valmont were playing a game. A game with rules. Challenges, rewards, flirts, seductions, sex, deceptions. All of it was part of their game, with each player trying to defeat the other, defeating meaning here asserting dominance. When she promised herself to him as a reward for seducing Madame de Tourvel, it was still part of the game. When Valmont was able to seduce her, he came very close to scoring, and maybe even securing victory. But in the meantime, he did fall in love with Tourvel, turning away from the game. Merteuil litterally forced him back into the game by tricking him into leaving her. It broke his heart, but he actually did leave her. He did for the game's sake. By breaking him that way, she was able to score herself, asserting dominance over him. However, he had still done everything she had asked of him, no matter how much it costed him. So basically, he had scored too. He could legitimately demand that she gave him his price. That's how the game works. However, that would mean that he would be back on equal ground with her, and she simply couldn't accept it. So she refused herself to him, this time without reason. She basically called off the game in order to be the winner. It's like saying "I'm winning, so the game is over". Only thing is, it was "merely" a game. With rules. But when we're talking war, there are no more rules. Anything's on. And Merteuil failed to consider that maybe she wasn't as good a warrior as she was a player. Everything could have turned out fine for her, but in sheer arrogance, she would rather fight a war than keep playing the game. Didn't turn out that fine.
@lilMissF0F03 жыл бұрын
True, but also given his mood acting like a mad monster forcing her no sane woman will offer him something especially in bed
@alorapendrak97522 жыл бұрын
Except if she slept with him knowing what state Valmont was in and his need to sate his own ego he probably would have destroyed the marquis's reputation. she would of been the ultimate conquest she had so much more to lose than him, its why she ever slept with him despite how badly the marquis wanted too. It wasn't a simple matter of giving Valmont what he wanted she had way too much to lose.
@fabiannedeaconti2 жыл бұрын
This is an old comment, but I can't agree. Mertueil and Valmont are both grown, both culpable... and both lost. This was because they both fell in love during this game, and instead of opting out, they let their pride get in the way. Sometimes the best way to win the game is not to play it. Meurteil broke Valmont's heart because she couldn't let him be happy with someone else. Valmont broke Tourvel's heart because of nothing more than pride. Through love, they were given a pretty decent out, and they both refused to take it. Now Valmont's dead, and Mertueil's disgraced. BTW, I don't feel bad for Valmont that Merteuil refused him. Who the hell potentially gives up a lifetime of love, just to fight to have sex with someone they don't even like anymore? Who is that bored?
@thegreatestman8512 жыл бұрын
She wrote her own downfall, those letters she wrote to Valmont sealed her fate, they were the final nails in her coffin and before she knew it all of Paris read the letters and well… that was it. She’s alone in the end, nobody wins at the end man. They were all destroyed.
@reikun862 жыл бұрын
@@thegreatestman851 In the book, she also developed a scarred face and a blind eye due to smallpox. On top of losing Valmont, Merteuil loses her beauty.
@gingerm78004 ай бұрын
His voice crack when talking about Tourvel. WOW JUST WOW. Stunning acting.
@hanytalya53223 жыл бұрын
Its very hard for me to satisfy my taste for acting after watching this film
@Alejandra_Oliver Жыл бұрын
Perfect example about two narcissists and worse, they are fighting.
@thegreatestman85110 жыл бұрын
"Remember I'm better at this than you are." "Yes well it is always the best swimmers who drown now... yes or no. It's up to you of course I will merely confine myself to a marking that a no will be regarded as a declaration of war. A single word is all that's required. "Alright...war." The way she enunciated the term "war" gave me chills it carried such meaning when she said it. Brilliant scene!
@scorpionimph14 жыл бұрын
God I love Malkovich! Even as old as he is, he's still sexy. It's his intensity on screen.
@rosiepestel78364 жыл бұрын
Yes, I totally agree!!
@Kapok-Bush5 жыл бұрын
I read the book in my youth when I studied French literature at university. It is a true masterpiece of the French literature from the 18th century written by Choderlos de Laclos. The movie completely reflects the intense evil atmosphere conveyed by the novel through Mme de Merteuil's dark soul. Glenn Close was at her top then.
@appletreel6487 Жыл бұрын
Who wants to sleep with someone absolutely in love with someone else? It’s a turn off itself and she was in the middle of the game of reputation and seduction. No reason to accept that turn off loosing game.
@milumav Жыл бұрын
Lol! Perfect observation! (And his absolutely disgusting appearance here is just the rotten cherry on top of the whole turn off sundae...)🤢
@tinyrebellion10 жыл бұрын
WAR gives me fucking life. Why is this not a cult movie with a Big Lebowski-style following?
@JMLCK787 жыл бұрын
Because there are many more "bros" than sophisticated people out there, methinks.
@yojiviriak6753 жыл бұрын
What are you talking about? Dangerous liaisons is a masterpiece, still popular both the novel and the movie.
@TheOnlyBehsat10 жыл бұрын
Glen Close is such a brilliant Actress, amazing and this is a brilliant film.
@Dhieen9 жыл бұрын
WAR
@ajet9611 жыл бұрын
Glenn Close definitely should have left the 61st Academy Awards with an Oscar. She was absolutely marvelous in this movie as was Malkovich :)
@EmmaRose47311 жыл бұрын
Totally agree...Malkovich MADE the movie!
@PandoraKyss5 жыл бұрын
When the book Dangerous Liaisons was published in 1782, it was so scandalous that when Queen Marie-Antoinette requested a copy for her library, it had to be bound in black so that no one knew what it was. Ironically, the image that the book and this film paints of the upper classes of French society had more than a passing impact on opinions that would help inspire the later French Revolution.
@assiaelmabrouki55526 ай бұрын
The book was actually quite successful and well liked, but some of the content was deemed rather scandalous
@danlynch85207 жыл бұрын
Glenn is in an acting league of her own. This scene & the one in Hamlet where her and Mel Gibson are on the bed and he is confronting his mother about the death of his father - are the two single best-acted scenes I've ever seen in my life. Like, wowzers!!!
@victoria-timeless55225 жыл бұрын
My daughter and I were talking about actresses who don't have any Academy Award; my first thought was Glenn Close! She is such an amazing actress! She deserves to be honor with the prize and fortunately she is running this year to be her work recognized.
@samanthawallbrown92432 жыл бұрын
Omg I just realized how important their colors of their costumes are: Merteuil in white, pretending to be the victim and the victor as well as thinking herself above the Vicomte, while the Vicomte is in black- in mourning and despair and does not hesitate to reveal who he truly is any longer. The black can also symbolize his impending death, as well as Merteuil’s symbolic one.
@danlynch3608 жыл бұрын
Glenn Close is everything.
@scottibrown32744 жыл бұрын
How was John Malkovich not nominated for this role? Especially this scene in particular
@DeepScreenAnalysis Жыл бұрын
The movie is about two people who are frightened to love someone honesty and instead feel the need to dominate and control everything. Including each other, ultimately.
@4Topwood3 ай бұрын
I don't think they are frightened to love honestly so much as frightened of being--and of being seen as--vulnerable to the ones they love.
@PerryTrails14 жыл бұрын
"I practiced detachment." And boy, did she mean it.
@Dogos7311 жыл бұрын
Majestic Glenn Close... and then she lost the oscar to cher.... to CHER!!!!! for gods sake!!
@emrebulut70806 жыл бұрын
What are you talking about? I know Glenn deserved it. But it doesn't change the fact that Cher is great actress. Watch Silkwood and Mask. The performance she did on Moonstruck is maybe the worst performance she ever did. But she should've win with Silkwood. And Mask didn't even get a nomination. Those are unfair also.
@jorgeesquiviaescobar41495 жыл бұрын
Actually she lost this one to Jodie Foster's performance in The Accused, but I still agree it's unfair that she lost to Cher for her Fatal Attraction, I mean, Fatal Attraction and Dangerous Liaisons remains as the two best performances of Glenn Close
@eddisontollett88455 жыл бұрын
Cersei Lannister: " I choose violence." Merteuil: " war."
@MegaPokemon19974 жыл бұрын
Don't compare a master to an amateur
@MegaBlueEyezz3 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!!
@Print2294 жыл бұрын
"I'm better at this than you." "Perhaps. But it is ALWAYS the best swimmers who drown." This movie was off the rails! Soooo good!
@unknownstranger68756 жыл бұрын
"Unless you prefer this, if memory serves, rather purgatorial sofa." Makes me laugh so much.
@MrGoodsalesman7 жыл бұрын
man the acting was something else.
@danlynch3608 жыл бұрын
"How wonderful of you" is the best line in this scene - at the beginning. She knows in that instant that she's won, and has made complete her lifelong purpose of defeating a man. Brava!
@kyleroberts88237 жыл бұрын
Dan Lynch but she didn't win
@kingofscotland72687 жыл бұрын
she did not defeat a man, she has deafened countless men in her lifetime. She is simply in love with this one and attempts to woo him in the most conniving way possible.
@LordoftheTrapdoors13 жыл бұрын
despicables characters, and yet I LOVE them... It's beyond my control!
@prokkle3 жыл бұрын
God, they were magnificent! Striking sparks off each other .
@brianekay41497 жыл бұрын
John Malkovich should have won an Oscar for his performance In the line of fire and Glenn Close should have won an Oscar for her performance in Fatal Attraction!
@americanitalianisrael40086 жыл бұрын
I'm so utterly stunned that this great actress did not win the Oscar for this part.Mrs. Close was perfection in every way. To use Bette Midler words. "I WAS ROBBED ( THE ROSE)'. Glen Close was robbed.
@christianwehner556511 жыл бұрын
Malkovich's Valmont is closer in harshness and angry and unlikability but his looks and charm are lacking, Firth is the opposite, looks and charm are there, but not the dark twisted nature... so they both have their points, but I will give it to malkovich because the twistedness is more important for the character
@calrissianlando77923 жыл бұрын
You got it all wrong, Malkovich is a beast in this.
@LovelyDay113 жыл бұрын
Christian Wehner I agree. Though fantastic actors neither Close or Malchovich are good looking enough for people to fall for them. And they were described as goodlooking in the novel.
@roddo19555 жыл бұрын
This is high camp. Stage acting on screen. Love it! Oh how I wish to see this movie again. One more time. Just delicious to watch Edit: It was on the BBC the other day and I missed the first half! I guess I'll just have to buy it.
@GlasgowScot11 жыл бұрын
Amazing acting and a fantastic movie.
@gailwebb96193 жыл бұрын
John Malcovich is fabulous.....should have won an Oscar for this!
@charlieandrosie14 жыл бұрын
this is so good two masters at their craft. So great.
@agatheservat16088 жыл бұрын
Les liaisons dangereuses de Choderlos de Laclos Vanité et bonheur sont incompatibles
@eausavage11 жыл бұрын
This movie is simply epic a real masterpiece, everytime that i watch it again it's like the first time, amazing. The cast was simply perfect IMO and did greatly!
@R.Kinney14926 жыл бұрын
Vanity and happiness are incompatible.
@marichristian107210 жыл бұрын
It takes one word to bring down the elaborate structure of deceptions--War.
@marichristian107210 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir. A great film!
@marichristian107210 жыл бұрын
Thanks hannah. What an amazing performance!
@marichristian107210 жыл бұрын
Dani thanks .
@marichristian107210 жыл бұрын
Thanks Cuca and Dani.
@marichristian107210 жыл бұрын
Mitube and Cuca, Thanks for 1+.
@baishihua5 жыл бұрын
4:25 that grin though, sent chills down my spine.
@cherylhulting1301Ай бұрын
It does me too. It's brilliant how Glenn Close lets us know just how exciting she finds this battle of wills before she lowers the boom. She's absolutely breathtaking.
@girl4316 жыл бұрын
Classic. "Vanity and Happiness are incompatible" what a line! °_°
@juancamex16 жыл бұрын
One of the best actress ever. She's the best. She deserves every award.
@jogirl2014 жыл бұрын
Okay....I adore colin firth and think everything he does is wonderful....he isn't over the top and keeps the parts he plays understated and real. However, in the war of the better valmont I am afraid the winner would have to be Malkovich. Valmont is a bastard which both men pull off however, Malkovich brings the creepy factor which takes the part to perfection.
@willardsteele48574 жыл бұрын
People in this comment section are absolutely correct. These two actors are stunning and deserving of multiple Oscar careers. Michelle Pfeiffer is great in this movie also although she may be more the movie star. Pfeiffer is completely believable as a lady even a jerk like Valmont might fall in love with. That's also some great stuff.
@muertadelarisa8 жыл бұрын
so good! this scene is gold!
@OzcarG0ld11 жыл бұрын
Compare close to Sarah Michelle Geller and enjoy the laugh.
@amandasisk3324 жыл бұрын
Very good, I was wondering if anyone was gonna connect the dots.
@roddo19554 жыл бұрын
Stupid comparisons to make. Cruel Intentions was a tweeny adaptation of a book and it was well done for what it was. It never pretended to be anything else