The believable magic of Meryl Streep’s roles/”Out of Africa” was criticized
Cinema critic Khosrow Naqibi compared Meryl Streep’s acting to magic and said that she has a narrative model in her comedies and dramas like Al Pacino, this is a magic about her and Al Pacino’s acting.
Charso Press: According to the public relations of the Iran Artists’ House, the 514th Cinematheque of the Iran Artists’ House was held with the screening of the film “Out of Africa” by Sidney Pollack on Monday, August 10, at the Naseri Hall of the Iran Artists’ House.
Journalist, writer and film critic Khosro Naqibi reviewed this film with the performance and expertise of Saman Bayat.
At the beginning of this meeting, Khosrow Naqibi divided his discussions into three parts about the movie “Out of Africa” and stated: “It is still interesting to watch “Out of Africa” on the screen. I want to look at this movie from three perspectives. First, we can talk about Sidney Pollack, who comes from the Hollywood studio system, and maybe his best movie is “Out of Africa” and before that, a movie like “Don’t They Get Rid of the Horses?” which is a very attractive film for me. After that, he has made various films such as “Company” and “Havana” in his portfolio. He is a studio filmmaker and works based on the stories he gets. Pollock is one of the filmmakers who do not necessarily have a personal world beyond themselves.
He added: Pollock first made smaller films in his career, later he made more progress and in “Out of Africa” all the facilities of Hollywood were available to him.
About Meryl Streep’s role in this film, Naqibi said: Meryl Streep’s career is complete with this film. Before “Out of Africa” he worked in “Kramer vs. Kramer”, “The Deer Hunter” and “Sophie’s Choice” and “Out of Africa” is his first film that has a strange box office and Meryl Streep, who is from the wave of young actors who The period of making the film has attracted attention, it also stabilizes in the commercial dimension and gives him the possibility to be an actor of choice in Hollywood from now on.
Naqibi continued: “Out of Africa” is Meryl Streep’s first blockbuster in the box office sense. Robert Red Ford also as an actor in the decade 1990 He has an established position, with the distance that some critics said his role in “Out of Africa” had with him, because of the insistence of the production company in the film.
In another part of his speech, this critic and writer stated: About the film itself, it can be said that it is one of the most important romances in the history of Hollywood. Of course, for Streep, the experience of playing in such an atmosphere in “The Bridges of Madison County” happened a decade later, but this movie and this couple in the movie have been one of the most important romances and movie couples so far.
Naqibi added: Also, geography as a character is the most important feature of Sidney Pollock’s directorial in “Out of Africa” and he turns Africa into a character in his work. It takes the audience into the space and makes them fall in love with the film. If watching this movie is fresher and fresh in today’s era of fast food, the time of two hours and forty minutes is not felt.
Saman Bayat, who was in charge of the implementation of this program, further asked how “Out of Africa”, which is an adaptation of a five-part book and is said to have borrowed from only two parts, was adapted?
Naqibi stated: The geography depicted in this film was difficult to adapt and as if the film was a collection of scattered information and personal autographs that were put together and created an important script in Hollywood.
Byatt asked about Robert Red Ford’s history with Sidney Pollack and how it influenced his casting for “Out of Africa,” despite the actor’s accent being different from the role.
Naqibi stated: For us who are not native and do not understand the relevant subcultures correctly, this accent difference may not be understandable. But anyway, the presence of Red Ford guarantees the box office and for Sidney Pollock because of his history of collaboration, I think he is a good choice to narrate a romance in the movie and he still plays well in romantic movies.
He explained: The important thing about Meryl Streep is that Hollywood’s image of her has never been a beautiful woman in the classical sense, in fact Meryl Streep’s cold face for this role as a Dane and her acting characteristics are the criteria for her presence in “Out of Africa”. and other films.
Naqibi stated: Meryl Streep has a narrative model in her comedy and drama films like Al Pacino, and we see a role from her that comes from her own persona and has an innate personality that we believe when she is in a role. This is a magic about him and Pacino, who do not dedicate themselves to the role and are believable, and it is not possible to theorize this style and model of their acting.
The next part of the meeting was devoted to questions and answers.