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Stolid Autobiography Excellently Transmuted
The first of many thing to stun me upon viewing the film version of "Postcards From The Edge", was the deft ability of the two-some to take themes concretely listed in the autobiography and express them with such uninhibited vigor and verisimilitude as to make the audience gasp in an ensnaring and intriguing breath. Indeed, Shirley McClain and Meryl Streep perform fantastic acting roles on film, which imparts to the literate viewer who has experienced both written and screenplay materials, the inference that the movie, above all else, is a bit unparralled in tension, sentiment and emotion.

Which is probably why Carrie Fisher's written autobiography was a plummeting flop. The lack of an emotional snatcher and a connective human element could not keep the reader hooked and interested to Fisher's frozen and stodgy book. This film totally redeems the reputation of Fisher's work! It does not stint in involving the audience with the bona fide quandaries and quagmires Carrie was suffering from in her horrendous drug addiction. Meryl Streep's acting is incontrovertibly superb! She does everything comprehensible to express the height of feelings and emotions Fisher was involved with curbing her addiction and concillating her relationship with her mother. McClain's acting, as well, is equally surpassing. The mode in which she assumes the ways and mannerisms of Debbie Reynolds is so plausible, it almost seems as though McClain could have made a subtle transmigration. Excellente!

A scene in the movie which striked me as most remarkable, is when both mother and daughter perform in front of their coteries and close relatives singing songs like "You Don't Know Me" by Ray Charles, and chanting allong to the chords of the piano while dancing and gesturing in an ebullient fit. It is truly astounding how these actors could impersonate the lives of Fisher and Reynolds so well, that I could think of either of the pairs, inverted, that they were alike. It is a very uncanny experience to observe!

The flowing transitions from scene to scene in their relaxed and passive manner are also pleasant qualities the film posseses. The rate at which the scenes change and the camera interation is so precise and astute, it really heightens the culmination of drama and siginificance of emotional content in the film on top of the transcendant acting.

In all which ways, "Postcards From The Edge" is an enticing film that is able to connect audiences everywhere with thematic elements in life that seem so close and familiar. The entirety of the film wraps an individual in a sentimental blanket of realism and authenticity; of the journey of a veritable relationship between mother and daughter, and how it is able to thrive and blossom among the myriad others on Earth with just the right support, attitude and will power.




A Great Inside View Of Hollywood
This movie, along with her other collaberation with director Mike Nichols, "Silkwood", are Meryl Streep's two best movies in my opinion. Fully relatable characters, well acted, witty script, and a behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood, and its relationships that is very realistic. This film is very underrated, in my opinion. This film would make a great addition to anyone's collection, for those who like films of a certain standard.

Postcards from the Oscars!!!!!
Shirley Maclaine & Meryl Streep were both nominated for Oscars with this movie. Neither won; but they should have! The chemistry Streep & Maclaine have is pure magic and they are so totally synergetic that you believe they are mother & daughter and you end the movie wishing this were a weekly show just about them and their quirky existance in Hollywood. The small parts by Gene Hackman & Dennis Quaid are priceless. If you want laughs, tears, and GREAT acting then spend an evening curled up with Postcards from the Edge!

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