Here is a NYT review by Stephen Holden which says it all:
dir. Wim Wenders
Sam Shepard/Jessica Lange
"Ms. Lange's Doreen spits fire, but the actress can't sort through her
character's sudden changes of attitude, and because the upper half of
Ms. Lange's face appears immobilized by cosmetic work, she is only
able to give half a performance."
And here's the description of Sam Shepard from the 1st paragraph of the review...
"A magnificient ruin, that's how the American West is pictured in "Don't Come Knocking........." That description also applies to....the ravaged but still-handsome face of its 60-something writer and star. As impassive and craggy
as a granite monument, Mr. Shepard has physically aged into a symbol
of the stubborn, cranky individualist....he merely has to squint into
the camera to suggest a tired, suspicious cowboy, who has spent
decades riding the range......"
compare that to the description of the acting and physicallity of
his squaw -- Ol' Spittin Half-Face
When will people learn that their faces say something to the world about their lives?? And I, for one, want to see those lives on their faces, not a picture postcard. WorkerBee
