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Kevin Kline + Linda Hunt

posted 16 years ago by omari322
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Just saw 'Silverado' over the weekend and very angry that I hadn't seen it earlier in life because this was a very good Western in the 'Posse' and 'Good, Bad, and Ugly' mode that was just pure fun without taking itself too seriously. The reason I'm posting though is was I imagining it or were there real sparks between Kline's Paden and Hunt's Stella of the romantic nature? Stella seemed more of a better match for Paden than Arquette's character because she spoke his language of saloons and card games better than the farmer's wife. Stella would never be considered a ravishing beauty physically but her fire and compassion made her very lovely in my opinion and it would have been bold for Kasdan to get her and Paden together at the end.

Any thoughts?

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[–] spiderbat-863-656723 10 years ago

I'd simply say that the director has shown very clearly a relationship between Stella and Paden based on sympathy and mutual respect, without directly implying but without excluding other aspects.

[–] greenbudgie 9 years ago

They were good together. I didn't interpret their chemistry as romantic. It seemed too unlikely. But there was a hint of sexual interest between them. Very thought-provoking relationship to put on screen. Interesting and unusual. Linda Hunt was great as Stella. I need to see more of her performances.

[–] Nikon11 9 years ago

It was exactly as you describe, not romantic, but just with a little bit of joking about it.

I'm glad that they didn't put a conventional love-interest in there that would've only served to confuse the relationship as something it wasn't.

Check out, The Year of Living Dangerously.

[–] greenbudgie 9 years ago

Thanks for pointing out Linda Hunt's 'The Year Of Living Dangerously.' I hope to catch that some time.

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