Holly Hunter cried three or four times in the movie, she would unplug the phone and then seemingly force herself to cry...what is this all about? Is it part of her obsessive personality? Can someone please explain that part of the movie to me? I love this movie, but this part makes no sense...
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for some people, like myself, crying is a great stress reliever and release.
shareIt wasn't so much that she was forcing herself to cry, as that during the other 23 hours and 59 minutes of her day she was forcing herself not to. You are fortunate that you don't get it. Some people get it all too well.
shareI thought it made her character that much more believable, and sympathetic. She was an Iron Lady career-wise, but vulnerable when all alone.
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I thought she just scheduled everything. An educated woman, she is aware that crying is healthy and necessary, so she scheduled it into her day just like she did her power-walking and newspaper pick-up. BTW, I love your nym.
shareyes absolutely this was the case
but lets not forget it is hilarious and
that is why it is in the film
too bad most people don't get that
ham - excellent post!
shareYou are fortunate that you don't get it.
What a wonderful way to phrase that. I love it.
I'm not the OP author. But like the OP author, I too like the movie very much but I didn't get the crying parts. And I still don't really. I've had my share of hardships like anyone else. But if I was periodically bursting out crying like that, I'd be thinking something in my life is in serious need of change. Guess I'll count myself fortunate.
How true...I think she was just relieving stress. It's normal and healthy. Much better than some other coping methods like throwing tantrums or merely bottling up emotions.
sharethis was supposed to be a stress reliever for her, and since she is based entirely on a real person, CBS producer Susan Zirinsky, it is likely a habit of Zirinsky. Producer James Brooks basically followed Zirinsky around and chronicled her work and life, so that is where the character comes from.
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You are correct, it was a habit of Zirinsky who was a consultant and associate producer for the film. Holly Hunter's hair style and clothing choices for the Jane character were also extremely similar to that of Zirinsky's at the time.
The special features on the recent Criterion Collection Blu-ray include interviews with Susan Zirinsky and she stated she was surprised that the movie included the crying since, although she had confessed the behavior to James L. Brooks, had no idea that they would actually include it in the film.
As other posters have observed, her crying was stress relief. It was Jane stealing a few moments to turn off the world and let it get to her.
shareShe scheduled time to be alone and relieve her stress by crying. She would then get up and move on. I wish we could all do that.
shareDude...I was like 13 or 14 when I first saw this movie, and I got it. She was such a driven and determined woman, she didn't allow her emotions to get in the way of her goals. So instead of getting upset about stuff throughout the day, she just took a minute each day and cried. Then she was good to go, ready to fight again the next day.
shareI thought it was just hip method acting stuff. Dean and Penn cry in every movie. Shows that they've got better New York cred than guys like George Raft, who never do.
shareShe, Jane was wound too tight for her position. Emotionally she had to flush her system so to speak...an emotional enema.. and like all enemas, the result usually is a measure of capacity.
shareHaving just watched the movie for the first time, I thought her crying was a result of her unintentionally repelling people when she really wanted them to see her side of things. Because even if it drove people away, it was more important to be right. The president of the news tells her at one point in the film that "it must be nice to be the smartest person in the room". To which she replies "No, it's awful". Her scenes of crying also seem to happen right after a near miss in trying to connect with Tom or Aaron. In the opening, even as a child she felt the need to correct her Dad, ironically about the term obsession. This is also reiterated at the end when she for the first time, tries her damnedest not to tell the cab driver the best way to her destination. But ends up doing it anyway. She's crying because she's trapped by her obsession with being right. It keeps her from making any progress in her personal life but fuels her professional success. That's my take anyway.
shareHaving just watched the movie for the first time, I thought her crying was a result of her unintentionally repelling people when she really wanted them to see her side of things. Because even if it drove people away, it was more important to be right. The president of the news tells her at one point in the film that "it must be nice to be the smartest person in the room". To which she replies "No, it's awful". Her scenes of crying also seem to happen right after a near miss in trying to connect with Tom or Aaron. In the opening, even as a child she felt the need to correct her Dad, ironically about the term obsession. This is also reiterated at the end when she for the first time, tries her damnedest not to tell the cab driver the best way to her destination. But ends up doing it anyway. She's crying because she's trapped by her obsession with being right. It keeps her from making any progress in her personal life but fuels her professional success. That's my take anyway.
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