The Hours [2002] - Louis Waters

[@mirdja83]

These characters spend only a while together in the movie but you can imagine their whole history together. Brilliant acting.

[@OoOo-qb5ec]

Woow, what a brilliant comment!!!

[@Sebastian37s]

@@OoOo-qb5ec what a SaRcaSM !

[@mohammed-7111]

Perfect way to describe this masterful scene 💯

[@nhl041976]

Brilliant acting. Remember going to the cinema to see this without expectations and it enthralled me. What a cast! The soundtrack as well.

[@Noulvari]

This is the best breakdown in cinema history.

[@gust3000]

Agreed!

[@thomasthompson6378]

Maybe; but I think Michael Redgrave's slow unraveling in Dead of Night (1945) is even better.

[@marcopaz8447]

What about Glenn Close in Dangerous Liaisons. The final of the Marquise de Merteuil !♥️

[@thegreatestman851]

@@marcopaz8447that is one of my favorite films of all time! Truly phenomenal and that breakdown she has at the end is absolutely shattering. One stunning movie !!!

[@AtlasBlizzard]

This is one of Meryl Streep's most unsung performances. She was understandably overshadowed by Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore, but she gives Clarissa so much character and emotion that I'm in awe. She really feels like someone desperately trying not to fall apart. Brilliant performance.

[@GK-up6xz]

I don’t think she was overshadowed at all

[@princepeterwolf]

Nothing got close to this movie, to me is a masterclass still in every way

[@gpeddino]

I love how those sudden close-ups of her hands cracking eggs add a subtle tension to the scene.

[@misfittoys5873]

Absolute masterclass of just letting the actors play the subtext and nuance of the scene with the most finite direction. They're both playing a passive aggressive war but they're shared memories are so precious they can't quite give each other up. They really bring out the inner monologues from Cunningham's book; i remember Louis thinking something like Clarissa and Sally's apartment looks like a set decorator has come in and designed it so we get a sense of 'who these people are' and him scoffing that Clarissa doesn't just get him a glass of water she gets out a chilled mineral water and adds lemon garnish. Jeff Daniels plays those moments so low key funny. Meryl has this magnificent facial response to Louis saying 'she kills herself for no reason' as if to reply it's obvious you don't understand women. In the book there's a beautiful line thar describes Clarissa as someone who doesn't cry a lot but often wants to. I really miss seeing Meryl Streep work on this level.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

1) How do you know there was finite directing? You weren't there. 2) Please don't overuse the word ''war'', you have no idea what it actually is. Andd even metaphorically, it does not fit because it was hardly a serious conflict. 3) ''as if to reply it's obvious you don't understand women'' - NO, it was as if he did not understand suicide. Not just women commit it and suicidality does not have preference to any gender etcc. 4) Your last sentence. Meryl has continued working on this level after this film, so unclear what you ''miss''.

[@fadhilramadhani1847]

This. Virginia and her husbang at the station. Julianne and neighbor at kitchen. Highlights of three plots. Incredible acting.

[@jennsteele5387]

Husbang?

[@tuicastro4431]

It wasn't her neighbor, he was her friend.

[@yojiviriak675]

And Virginia with Vanessa ?

[@mucfan]

Jessey Norman …. the soundtrack in the beginning.. I am German .. I did not now what was this music.. it was Strauss … since that I learned so much about Strauss and his work

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@tuicastro4431 He was talking about Julianne Moore's character's neighbour Kitty (played by Tony Colette)...

[@jamesofarcadia]

can you imagine the utter privilege of actually being able to run between rooms in a NYC apartment?

[@fp5495]

Can you imagine the utter privilege of being able to actually ponder your question at all?

[@Justanopinionnooffense]

Seriously? That’s your takeaway from this?

[@jamesofarcadia]

@@Justanopinionnooffense no, because it's youtube and a comment, not an attempt at critical analysis. Lighten the fuck up.

[@dangerislander]

And the fact she's able to host a part of 60 people or so in that apartment. I keep thinking about the logistics and the fact she's able to fit so many tables in the living room lol

[@michaeldslipp1078]

It’s not only an apartment. It’s an entire West Village townhouse.

[@eliocosmos]

Such fine acting

[@ItsEricaBeyetch]

I so wish this movie had flashbacks of their youth

[@tarttian3079]

The subtle inclusion of Virginia's books on the shelf alongside Richard's novel is so clever. Also the title of his novel, "The Goodness of Time," is very ironic

[@VtRD]

Another Jeff Daniels master class.

[@AndreFerreira-ck6tq]

Streep, fantastic!

[@JNeil1975]

In the book Louis was the one who had the crying spell. Sally and Clarissa had been together for 18 years instead of 10. And Louis arrived unexpectedly and was only invited to the party when he showed up. This is probably my very favorite movie.

[@ingGS]

Thanks for this background! I love this film!!!

[@Sebastian37s]

Movie needs to be different from book, there are shades of meaning in book which can't be copy in film, and vice versa . The achievement is, of course, to reach a balance when translating to cinematic language, for ex the suicide of Woolf which is mentioned only once in the book, but in the movie is both the intro and the epilogue, which encloses the story so compactly. The Hours is a masterclass example of this resource of adaption.

[@GK-up6xz]

I love this movie too

[@Mikem-mq2hh]

Everybody hit it out of the park in this flick.

[@sinker0]

"that's kind"....what a battle. awesome!

[@DavidAndersen84]

All the juicy stickiness goes to Meryl here. It's very real, all of this. You keep going, but you don't know why. The strongest are the weakest, because they have run the marathon. Wow. she is never boring. I will always be grateful to her for her performances.

[@MARSBELLA1]

I know - people claimed to LOVE her and look how they turned on her. You dont do that. As an Actress she has played roles that are timeless - she is STILL a human being. I see her as commiting no crime at all yet at the moment no one 'likes' her - so she knew about Weinstein - who didnt? I mean Human Trafficking is currently and ugly subject but very real in the USA - are all the men who use these women totally unaware of this fact? She is no beast - she is simply being scapegoated. Its envy.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

@@MARSBELLA1 Noone ''hates'' her, don't exaggerate. She is still acting, she is still beloved all over the world.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Grateful? It's her job, she chose it. Yes, she is brilliant but no need to idolize her or any other actor, they didn't save your life or care for you etc. Of course all juicinness goes to her since she is the focus of this scene, duh. Yet Jeff Daniels is also brilliant. Also, human strength is a relative notion.

[@rebelraccoon9018]

"A whole chapter on should she buy some nail polish and guess what, after fifty pages she doesn't" epic

[@MsFrancescaF]

Wow, Jessye Norman singing Richard Strauss last lieder as music background. This movie is Bible to me.

[@Zva26]

I thought it was Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, but I could be wrong. I have both recordings.

[@mucfanhans]

When I saw the movie, I heard the first time Jessey Norman...

[@julias.95]

I seem to run out of the words to describe how good Meryl is. At this point, at this level its just undescribale

[@michaeldslipp1078]

Notice that Jeff Daniels plays gay, indubitably, but not at all swish. Extreme subtlety of gesture and inflection and facial expression. And nothing about it at all condescending. He just IS his particular character.

[@tristan90us]

What I was thinking, exactly.

[@arontamas5639]

This movie is full of perfect cameos.... Honestly I can't even choose between Toni Colletee's kitchen scene or Jeff Daniels' visit.....

[@stephen1922]

Clarissa seems angry Louis wasted unhappy years with Richard, when she could’ve had him instead in their youth. Now those years have gone, especially since Richard’s dying.

[@ItsEricaBeyetch]

She's crying over him having more time with Richard and I thought louis wouldve said something like he loved you more that's why I left instead he just confirms that he was happy leaving and has moved on. Like wtf

[@da96103]

No way this is the same Jeff Daniels from Dumb and Dumber.

[@adamahmad1262]

Believe it.

[@corneliamanica8788]

Stunning ,gorgeous movie ,awesome ,beautiful made,by acting of actors ,professional ,about a book of Virginia Woolf , Mrs Dalloway start her life's ,which is get meeting three woman's from different times ,about family trauma childhood cause by parents separate and how past this thru lives each other !!! I recomand this movie ,is absolutely perfect !

[@johnc7833]

“I seem to be unraveling…”

[@ultraviolettas]

I’ve ALWAYS wanted a copy of that sheep artwork at 3:04 DESPERATELY. I’ve never been able to find it 😭😭

[@yojiviriak675]

It's ugly

[@Amanjot]

Check out: Jacques Hnizdovsky Signed Sheep Exhibition Poster

[@ultraviolettas]

@@Amanjot thank you!!!!! Ahh!! 😭💖

[@marcelstoks4336]

@@ultraviolettas did you find it ? Such a wonderful feeling of finding something you looking for after all these years .. hope you found it and framed it .

[@Xaul47]

4:57 one of my favorite moments of the movie.

[@jonathanneil5901]

It's such a beautiful moment when she breaks like that. Comes unexpectedly and knocks you for six. She really is the best.

[@renzo6490]

The egg yolks / her earrings. See the kitchen scene in the Virginia Woolf segment for more egg yolks.

[@jakecoronel]

This movie is literature in the flesh

[@da96103]

2:43 The picture to Louis' left is Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

Clarissa and Louis are so competitive over Richard, who was more in love with himself than either of them. Never waste the best years of your life on a narcissist; however attractive or exciting they are:

[@jeffx9149]

"Ridiculous? Fortunate, too."

[@thegreatestman851]

Such a powerful movie ! A true classic and the book was phenomenal too

[@alexanderforestieri9300]

Who knows what is the name of the ópera in the minute 8:40 ? Thanks

[@mirlamoreira9291]

Beim Schlafengehen - Jessye Norman (Vier letzte Lieder) Richard Strauss

[@Mikem-mq2hh]

I love classical, the orchestra, I play 3 instruments, but i don't know how ANYONE can listen to the opera. My lord listen to that screeching.

[@leocadieux6781]

This is not an opera, it’s from the Vier letzte Lieder (Richard Strauss)

[@Mikem-mq2hh]

@@leocadieux6781 i'll not get technical, but its a chick screaming...obviously people love it, i don't. Give me a choir/orchestra anyday and 10 times on Sunday.

[@viantzpradz4771]

Jeff daniel is 46 at that time, he is so young...

[@goldenvulture6818]

No he wasn't young. When whoever turns 40 they are no longer young.

[@viantzpradz4771]

@@goldenvulture6818 age is just a number, its all about look and healthy body...!!!

[@BLTKellys]

3:40 shade.

[@LanDred1]

Отличный фильм

[@tomtriffid]

There's a small odd moment here; instead of telling Louis Waters that he's welcome to come up early, she merely buzzes him in without comment. This might suggest she's feeling really far too busy to "entertain" him, and in doing so Clarissa is making herself something of a martyr.

[@dmorenod29]

Jeff Daniels looks so good there

[@chuncky-io2pd]

Why does Clarissa breakdown infront of Louis Waters ???????????????????????

[@qiangwang987]

Memories from Wellfleet.

[@dangerislander]

This is what confuses me too.

[@oqueestou]

Because she misses the old days when she, Richard and Louis were young and, in her vision, happy. Now she resents having to nurse Richard and being married to Sally . Anyway, she needs therapy.

[@goldenvulture6818]

@@oqueestou She & Sally aren't married

[@oqueestou]

@@goldenvulture6818 Well, they've been together for ten years

[@DianneBerios]

anyone know the name of the painting of the pink bird next to Louis?

[@Amanjot]

Jacques Hnizdovsky Signed Sheep Exhibition Poster

[@louisrichards3160]

I know it’s a movie…… however, I wish homeowners in this position would say “ sorry, but…” instead of allowing someone to do what you don’t want but can’t say no

[@TimOdne-bb9vd]

🌸

[@debrarowley6495]

Please someone, what is the opera aria from?

[@jpabloof]

Beim Schlafengehen - Jessye Norman

[@leocadieux6781]

Debra rowley It’s not from an opera, it’s the third of the Four Last Lieder of Richard Strauss

[@jamielipps6000]

“Ridiculous? Fortunate, too.”

[@da96103]

Someone explained the egg yolks going into the receptacle symbolism.

[@Tyechi10]

What is it?

[@nancneumann4196]

Can't figure that one out either

[@nancneumann4196]

Same thing with egg cracking going on in the scene with Virginia and the "help" discussing going to London for ginger.

[@juanantoniomoreno3409]

To me, the egg cracking is just to create tension. First, she is in a rush and he arrived too early so that bothers her. Then it is revealed Louis had left Richard because he felt unhappy. It conflicts her Louis is the one he chose as a true lover and not her (she only had him for one summer, she said). In the midst of this love triangle, she blames Louis for leaving him and also for having to share her love with Louis, who chose to become free and leave everything altogether. Instead, Clarissa decided to stick with Richard as a person who loved him in the shadows of their memories. This scene is very intense.

[@filipzawistowski4390]

@@juanantoniomoreno3409 Beautifully put!

[@ramonatorresa4909]

Who is singing ? Maria Callas ?

[@Mikem-mq2hh]

How does Meryl Streep do that? My lord.

[@TimOdne-bb9vd]

Hfs🌸

[@TheWorldisQuietHere3]

Streeps was the only story line of the 3 I hated and couldnt get into because I couldn't stand it. I couldn't understand what the purpose as. Moore and Kidman's story lines were very easy to understand and but this one was so confusing and pointless to me.

[@willynilly2545]

All three women are forced into matriarchal roles in some way. Kidman as the dutiful wife and Lady of the house, Moore as the wife and mother, and Streep as the mother and caretaker. But all unhappy because they are sacrificing their own happiness, wants and desires. It’s about what it means to be a woman. Just my take 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@MrMartinportnoy]

She was supposed to represent a sort of 21st-century Virginia Woolf, what Woolf might have been like had she been born, say, 70 years later...

[@jennajoon7476]

She was literally acting out the character and plot of Mrs Dalloway

[@fp5495]

Meryle's character was a part of Ed Harris' life as an adult, being affected by what his mother, Jullian Moore did to him as a child. Somebody had to be there for him, and as one would expect from a mother who abandoned her child, she didn't show up again until after he killed himself.

[@ItsEricaBeyetch]

@Gregorio Davila Clarissa, in the novel atleast, finds happiness in everyday life and keeping a house unlike Virginia and Richard's mom.

[@MORONIKABLASTER]

Reincarnation

[@Loulou______]

I won’t stand for the SF slander.

[@rileycoyote8275]

What are you talking about?