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Extraordinary, transformative, transcedent and compassionate performance

posted 10 years ago by conformistemail
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What an extraordinary performance in PREDESTINATION. I just saw it last night and find I am haunted by her performance in particular. For her beautiful, transformative utterly believable performance able to make me care deeply about the plight and especially suffering of her character admist the trappings of the genre namely the fast-paced, mind-bending intricate time-travel, actioned mystery/thriller with existental philosophy. No mean feat.
Ethan Hawke summarised it best; “I didn’t know who she was at all but I knew the film’s success or failure really rested in her hands,” he says.
“Sarah’s performance is one of the most incredible I’ve ever been a part of. It’s one thing to do a moving portrait of a transgender person, but to do it in a genre film is really an accomplishment. I really want people to see the film to experience what an incredible performance this is. It’s unlike anything I’ve seen before.”
ttp://www.news.com.au/.../story-e6frfmw0-1227038716132

Another world class incredible Aussie actress destined for the biggest roles. Next up just finished ABCTV min series version of the highly acclaimed novel 'The Secret River' by Kate Grenville and net week starts to shoot Neil Armfield's 'Holding the Man'. When will the best USA directors snap her up? Surely after they see 'Predestination' .What does everyone think?

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[–] conformistemail 10 years ago

Come on IMDB, update the 'Holding the Man' cast list to include Sarah in the role of Pepe

[–] RobCattani 10 years ago

This girl is simply amazing, my favourite actress since I saw her in 'Packed To the Rafters' she has gone on to bigger things as I thought she would, she is absolutely beautiful and a truly magnificent talent, this girl will win an oscar, she is incredible.

[–] lewnatic 10 years ago

Shocked to see the same actress played both parts of the younger and older character.

great performance.

[–] mmq1 10 years ago

Fabulous. Would the screen explode if Sarah Snook and Scarlett Johansson were on it at the same time?

[–] cryofry 10 years ago

Count me in. I'd never heard of her before watching "Predestination" but her performance blew me away! Tremendous talent. Reminds me of Cate Blanchett.

It looks a bit sweaty in there so you may need to apply baby powder Zapp Brannigan

[–] puffinsrule63 10 years ago

I thought Tilda Swinton would make a really great pairing with Sarah. They both have an ethereal look.

[–] TheBoz 10 years ago

Just saw it tonight and I agree with you, when John/Jane began to tell the story I thought I was in another movie. It was so human, so real. I started to cry for her/him I thought the film would be akin to Minority Report, happily it was so much more. I thought I had it figured out, but it slapped me so hard I spun around.

What was even more amazing was that where Time Travel stories are often confusing, this one was not. It was linear, it moved from point A to B to C without a lot fancy scientific terms and all that. Sarah Snooks put in an Oscar winning performance and that is a fact.