This short clip is bound to make a few readers and contributors giddy with excitement; I know it made want to see this NOW.
It comes from one of the films in which Moore stared last year, Savage Grace, a dramatization of the Barbara Daly Baekeland murder case, which took place in the early 70′s and which saw Baekeland, a wealthy sociality, murdered by her son in a London flat. It sounds like pretty grizzly stuff and there are loads more details in the Wiki entry for the “happening”.
The film is based on a book by Natalie Robins and is directed by Tom Kalin, who was apparently considered to co-direct Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and frankly, after seeing this scene, I say bring it on!
The clip is brimming with very colorful language so you may want to turn down the speakers at the office. According to a review over at Not Coming (I just skimmed it for spoilers and it’s pretty clean), this is Moore’s first scene in the film, which comes at the half way mark, and it’s a knock out.
Savage Grace will play at Sundance later this month and will open in limited release on May 28th.
Aside from the language, this feels kind of old school in a way. I mean obviously the film takes place in the 70s, but even the style of ths shooting itself feels sort of retro. Maybe its partly the score.
Awesomeness. Julianne Moore is a hero around here I know and this looks like more top notch work.