BFI Screen Talk: Annette Bening | BFI London Film Festival 2017

Annette Bening joins us to discuss her career and her new film, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool. Bening’s beguiling portrayal of the Marquise de Merteuil in Milos Forman's Valmont attracted the eye of director Stephen Frears who cast her as a young hustler in his stylish film noir The Grifters, for which she earned her first Academy Award nomination for her role as a flirtatious, unapologetic con artist. She is known for playing complex characters who refuse to fit into societal norms or expectations. Whether playing an adulterous housewife in American Beauty, a bohemian single-mother in 20th Century Women, a larger-than-life actress in Being Julia, or a well-meaning yet overbearing lesbian mother in The Kids Are All Right, Bening’s performances are layered and nuanced. Bening joins us to discuss her career and her new film in which she plays the aging film actress Gloria Grahame.
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[@Georgian2go]

wonderful interview

[@milesmontemore5060]

Thanks. When they did the first read through for " The Grifters ", Anjelica Huston said Annette Bening was so good that it forced her to go home and start working on HER part. Cheers.

[@theogoldberg8919]

Class act comment I'm not surprised

[@MrZerosphere]

One of the very few genuine actresses (she is a female, and therefore, an "actress") in our time.

[@pietaval]

I wish we could have seen the clips! It would have given more context and made it more enjoyable.

[@jasbegs1258]

Fabulous performances all around.

[@mauricedubois4918]

Annette I was in Mel Gibson movie edge of darkness and micheal Caine cider house rules god bless maurice

[@theogoldberg8919]

HOW GRACEFUL

[@pietaval]

Annette’s voice is nice and clear but not the interviewers. Too soft at times.

[@jayceewriter7826]

When was this interview.

[@britishfilminstitute]

Hi Julie. Recorded at this year's London film festival on October 12th.

[@mauricedubois4918]

I was in your movie dreams in Lenox mass how is your stand in Dakota maurice

[@debrafrakes6479]

oh my God. politics?

[@debrafrakes6479]

she has become so LESS feminine!

[@notnek202]

Oh god turned off as soon as she said Obama !!!!!!

[@theogoldberg8919]

Why ? ;)

[@notnek202]

@@theogoldberg8919 Obama was a fraud