dangerous liaisons - marquise merteuil & her make-up

request by deanriam

[@md991free]

The ultimate humiliation for that period

[@Nicomurgia]

And also the final scene, which was Glenn Close idea, replies to the first scene, she has no need to make-up her again because her reputation his finished, but there's also something like the actress who removes her make-up because she has finished to play her role.

[@marizcona]

OSCAR PERFORMANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@chainsawkitten3766]

marizcona amazing that she didn't win. I wonder who beat her that year?

[@mattbernabe]

Chainsaw Kitten Jodie Foster in The Accused won the Oscar that year.

[@richardque4952]

The final scene showing glen close taking off her make up.what the director trying to said is glen close has unmask her self.showing her true face.

[@MrS98VAC]

No Academy Award for this. How?????

[@victorcoutinho156]

The Academy is a joke !

[@johnyzero2000]

She was up against Jodie Foster for The Accused.

[@celloswiss]

the end of Ivanka Trump

[@BooneErica]

Beautiful performance although I am sure she did some terrible things in this movie (I haven't seen it but I saw Cruel intentions which was somewhat the same)

[@Hammerton32]

please see this film. though based on the same subject matter, it is hardly in the same realm as 'cruel intentions'.

[@kingofscotland7268]

It's far more complicated then that. She is in love with a man and sort of entraps him in an attempt at wooing the protagonist. In doing so she destroys his life and her own. The book is far more meticulous and implicit in its ways which isn't shown here while the adaptation spells out things for the audience. The book can be very ambiguous, which makes it ever so more interesting. You never know if she is in love with Valmont or not, she's worse as a human being, ends up disfigured with one eye. You probably didnt even know but the theme of this movie is theatrum mundi meaning in a way life is a theatre. But why are they playing actors, because both Merteuil and Valmont are libertine(promiscuous). And now I realise this comment is 4 years old so this is pointless.

[@chopin65]

King Of Scotland This movie isn't about love but people who live without it.

[@kingofscotland7268]

David Henson no comment.

[@originalman6396]

Hammerton32 You're right CRUEL INTENTIONS was horrible.

[@reving19]

Hillary Clinton!

[@karllieck9064]

yo mama.

[@tadd8210]

Ruined

[@bunnstermi]

Why this woman didn't win the Oscar is beyond me!

[@claudioalexenrique]

A great scene, without doubt! Glenn Close gives an acting lesson without uttering a word. This is just amazing! Many thanks Glenn for quality acting.

[@brianhudson7822]

There is not, nor will there ever be, another actress capable of portraying Merteuil. She was robbed of the Oscar, an Oscar earned for not uttering a sound.

[@johnyzero2000]

In the book Isabelle de Mertuil then leaves Paris and lives in the country and contracts small pox and she loses her beauty. Cecile goes back to the convent and lives the rest of her life as a cloistered nun.

[@vastolive8]

That scene must be taught in acting schools...amazing!

[@deborahminter6231]

Wow! This character didn't mind hurting other people.....but felt terrible being hurt.

[@eastwickbg]

The perfect end for a perfect film. Love it !

[@robotzombie9194]

best makeup remover ever tears

[@vastolive8]

One of my fav movie scenes ever

[@mickstery6]

Quite probably the best actress of our time

[@michaelserfort8128]

Yes... yes...yes...she is !

[@marizcona]

OSCAR worthy, but Morisa Tomai won for Cousin Vinny?

[@gilbertmartinez1504]

DL was released in 1988 and MCV is from 1992. And Marisa Tomei won in the supporting category and Ms. Glenn was in the Best Actress.... Get your facts straight before bitching!!!!

[@johnyzero2000]

Jodie Foster won for The Accused in 1988.

[@scottibrown3274]

Marisa Tomei was Supporting Actress, not Leading

[@goldenil9145]

Lo trovo semplicemente inenarrabile. una attrice del suo calibro che non ha mai vinto un oscar

[@loriwise236]

Karma at its best..

[@pochifer1]

Oscar to Glenn Close please!!!

[@apenasumfa5559]

Amazing actress!!!!!Diva!!!!

[@michaelserfort8128]

No one would portray it better than she....I bow for her performance....great actress. ⚘

[@danawinsor1380]

Clenn Close is decidedly androgynous, IMO. That's why, again IMO, her look in the highly feminized 18th-century costumes and hair style is so fascinating.

[@arturohernandez20]

Booooooooo Booooooooo Boooooooooooooo

[@JMJ4444-f2n]

That was epic

[@justynawojcicka5344]

Where is Oscar ???

[@BearCubster]

Horrible audio timelapse of around 5 seconds. That's ridiculous!

[@kathleenmelzer7499]

Best scene

[@goldenil9145]

Trovo semplicemente inenarrabile che una attrice del suo calibro non abbia mai vinto il premio Oscar

[@gabrielbonifacio]

Remove make up means her secret revealed?

[@theSupercasa]

i read that her face is disfigured at the end of the movie. soo...where's it?

[@1987AnimeBoy]

theSupercasa That's from the original book.

[@victorcoutinho156]

The end of the story in the book is more punitive towards her character. They toned it down a bit for the movie, wich I think worked very well.

[@cybervisionstar]

This is a prime example of what not to do! DO NOT ALLOW OTHERS TO STEAL YOUR FREEDOM BE TO BE FREE TO CHOOSE HOW YOU WANT TO FEEL SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU SEE THEM WATCHING YOU OR JUDGING YOU. ONLY YOU CAN LET THEM MAKE YOU FEEL EMBARRASSED BY AGREEING THAT THEY HAVE THAT KIND OF POWER OVER YOU. READ SOCRATES AND PLATO

[@gojewla]

cybervisionstar lol, what?

[@AngelofMusic04]

dean called Ad an idiot for asking why did Glenn lose to Cher. Now while Glenn DID lose an Oscar to Cher, it wasn't for Dangerous Liaisons. It was the year before when she lost for Fatal Attraction to Cher in Moonstruck. In '88, she lost to Jodie Foster in The Accused.

[@renelopez2726]

Genius.

[@marizcona]

epic! no words needed, just acting to wipe Mae up

[@FreshRose-z3s]

Trump at a Yankees' game.

[@parodybarbiegirl]

I love this movie. I've seen the other one Valmont with Colin Firth as the viscomte. But it's just not the same. This movie campures the darker tone of the story better. Unfortunatly I cannot get my hands on the book. It's difficult to get hold of in Belgium

[@kingofscotland7268]

Darker tone lol. This is extremely light only one person is shown dying. Everyone is dead or gone or ruined by the end of the book.

[@chainsawkitten3766]

King Of Scotland by darker tone, I don’t think the poster meant how many gory deaths there were.

[@monsieurm6975]

And the reign of his great-grandson, which was from 1710 - 10 May 1774, I was interpreting the film between the years above, 1710-1774. Considering the average age of the main characters who could be running in their say, early to mid-30s, that would or could position this movie happening around 1740 - c. 1780. I’m thumping that may be right, total approximately. During XIV, the nobility lost their luxury of continuously battling between the families of the noblesse and Louis XIV would not, no matter what corner of his country, would be allowed, thus, the building of Versailles, to contain these nobles IF they are truly from a long line of nobility that is proven and documented; so I don’t see this happpeming when all of the nobles of France would be vying to position themselves and working out endless travel dates to and from Versailles. The other obvious is Louis XVI who under his reign , almost ended the entire noblesse because of the French Revolution. Considering the result hard cultural changes and to bring a France under a new republic, anything of nobility, from clothing to massive estates in the provinces, they were signs of tyranny and that , all of what happened around the revolution, well, I don’t believe this would be happening under Louis XVI who were probably much more nervous about reigning in all the nobility for a date with the guillotine. Last, finally, it would therefore make a good amount of historical guessing as during the reign of Louis XV, who in himself was rather inept letting alone keeping the nobility in check through France. So with Louis XV as the monarch , his dates, first of 1715 (the same year as Louis XIVs death) to 1774. I’m making an approximate guesstimate at 1745-c. 1765. Again, this is all historical guess work and I don’t recall the movie making reference to a specific year, unless anyone caught it and I just missed the year. Thanks !

[@namyarasree]

I love that scene very much....!!!!

[@Nicomurgia]

For Baccalauréat 2009, in France, we're studying the comparison between Choderlos de Laclos's book and the film. We talked about Marquise de Merteuil's make-up. There are many significations, she's like a vampire, she tried to hide it, but know this make-up is here to show to other people that she's a vampire.

[@Flashylightsmeow]

@deanriam In response to your comment, I dont think I need to get my iQ checked matey since I study at the worlds top financial institution. You might benefit from one better than me though, coming from a country where the literacy rates and thus education system is essentially in the sewer ;)

[@BellaBarossa]

parodybarbiegirl, I just found a copy of the book, in French, on the Belgian eBay site, if that's any help?

[@jukodebu]

uh and

[@09tranm]

Wait a minute what are you arguing about.

[@sarahreed1804]

☺️

[@parodybarbiegirl]

Thank you for the tip :-)

[@darquebeauty4802]

One of THE greatest movies of all time!! She SO got what she deserved. "It is beyond my control" ~Valmont