Review: Geneviève Bujold in "Anne of the Thousand Days"
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- This a review of Geneviève Bujold's Oscar-nominated performance in "Anne of the Thousand Days".
I included her performance in my Best Actress Ranking on my blog: fritzlovesoscar...
She deserved the Oscar. Genevieve gaves a perfect piece of acting. She is very beautiful as Anne..all passion..lust..strengh. And her accent is perfect for the role as Anne was educated in France. Genevieve is pure gold.
Her chemistry with Richard Burton is zero? What!? I think not. They have simmering chemistry, both powerful, beautiful voices that soared, suspenseful, beautifully acted The characters come alive. She is magnificent in this role as is he. No one could have played the parts better.
I can see why you may have perceived some chemistry. But I believe the only believable emotion between the two when they are in scenes together is disgust on her part and his love of himself, which Burton portrayed masterfully. She is a toy he is being denied. That is not love. It’s narcissism and greed, which would be natural to the character Burton played. But in scenes together, it nearly turned my stomach when they attempted to portray lust or love. She never transitioned from young girl who hated and used his desire for his new toy that was denied him. She never showed a softening. She hated, then used, then hated again. Not a single scene from Bujold showed any softness or true love. She was only believable in scenes requiring a strong, defiant and selfish little girl or a woman who was furious at her betrayal and rejection.
Burton and Bujold were not meant to act together.
Fritz takes a massive fall of credibility with that comment. Discredits him completely. His passive/aggressive dysfunctional behavior is showing.
Zero chemistry between Burton and Bujold? I disagree. There's an electrical tension between them, it's just not pure affection and sympathy. Most of the movie one of them loathes the other, so it fits perfectly. To me it's the best Tudors movie ever, and Bujold's performance is absolutely on point.
That final confrontation between Henry and Anne is electric, a scene that I have never forgotten since I watched the film.
She was OUTSTANDING
Her acting is so natural, just, never overplayed, I agree with a previous comment, Geneviève Bujold is pure gold in that role.
these two played the Love/Hate relationship between Henry and Anne, to perfection
Your pronunciation of the Bujold name is fine. She and Richard Burton gave magnificent performances. The sets, costumes, lighting, script and historical accuracy are excellent in this oftentimes overlooked film.
I agree that the pronunciation of the name Geneviève Bujold is fine, perfect.
I don't think it's 'obvious' dialogue at all. Yes, we know that in the end, she is right, that it is Elizabeth who will be the greatest legacy of Henry's reign, but Anne's speech is not said with clairvoyance or certainty. She is bluffing basically, taunting Henry that all his efforts to get a son will amount to nothing, as this is the only card she has left to play against him. She knows he's going to kill her, so she has nothing left to lose. All she can do is protect her daughter as best she can, and her only weapon is to torment Henry with doubt and regret after she is dead, as she knows this is the only way to push his buttons. Ultimately, while he has power over her death, she is exerting power over the rest of his life, as best she can.
I read that in reality, Henry did not offer her a way out. Her fate was sealed.
Well said!
You have not made any sense. She was brilliant.
Glad you loved her so much
@@FritzandtheOscars Yes. who could have played the role better?
Not easy to play against Richard Burton,. He is such powerful actor, his looks, his voice. He is Henry and she is Anne.
Though they were both nominated for an Oscar, the movie only won one, for costumes.
@@FritzandtheOscars dont you?
This Anne is played by a wonderful actress Genevieve her accent add to the film, she should have received the oscar, and the powerful electricity with Burton is a standout👏👏👏👏
As a fan of the Tudor period I have always had a soft spot for this film and Genevieve who is French-Canadian just like me
She was so beautiful and so convincing.
This period is very diffiicult to bring to life in a way the audience can embrace as a love story. But this film succeeds in doing so.
@@fawnrollins2141 absolutely. Genevieve gaves everything to the role and is one of my fav piece of actings. She looks amazing too!!!! Perfect in those costumes.
even when the dialogue is "not all that'? When is that? The dialogue refects the emotionl temsion between them. It was beautifully written, acted and performed. It isn't a passive part. She constantly engages with her surroundings, even in the worst of circumstance and in doing so, moves the audience to tears. She was excellent.
She was fantastic. Especially considering she's french instead of english. Nothing else she did ever seemed to remotely touch this performance but what a role! She didn't really need chemistry with Richard Burton since who would've been honestly physically attracted to Henry by that time of his life? Richard Burton was far too handsome to play him but I loved him in the role - he was such a great actor. :)
French-Canadian, born in Montréal
Genevieve is, in my opinion, the best Anne Boleyn, the film has always been a favourite of mine, although there are quite a few inaccuracies, but that is no fault of the actors, but the producers, Mary Boleyn was fair haired and even if the child she was carrying, was Henry's, she was married to Sir William Carey before Anne returned from France. Catherine of Aragon and her daughter Mary, both had red gold hair, and Catherine ALWAYS wore a gable hood. I would have loved the opportunity to play Anne.
You read too much historical fiction. There is no historic hint about Mary Boleyn's hair colour. The myth that she was fair haired came from "The other Boleyn girl", a horribly inaccurate book. It's even a bit more likely that Mary was dark haired like Anne. There is also no proof that Catherine of Aragon ALWAYS wore a gable hood. It is probable but it's no historic FACT. The french hood wasn't Anne's personal souvenir as some people might believe. She didn't bring that fashion to England. At least - again - there is no historic indication.
@Lady Meg Henderson "Mary Boleyn was fair haired".... Oh please stop! You're really not the Tudor expert you'd like to be if you consider "The other Boleyn's girl" a trustworthy source.
@@angryaccent2217 I know Mary was fair haired, but then so was Catherine of Aragon and Princess Mary, problem is that every time these producers think of someone from spain they always make them dark haired, Because Anne was dark haired, the producer decided to choose a dark haired woman to play Mary, I never suggested that Mary was anything but fair haired, if you read my comment properly, and the other Boleyn Girl is not a good source at all, Mary was not married when she became the kings mistress,, Anne never saw her daughter again after she was arrested, despite the scene that shows she did, neither did she see the king again,
@@0308frank Mary was fair, if you look at her eyebrows you will see they are fair, and her eye lashes are almost none existent. I don't read historical fiction, except for that written by Margaret Campbell Barnes, who I have always known to research her subject properly, otherwise it is biographies written by British authors.
She was marvelous in this movie. Perfect for the role. Any movie has some problems with it, but in this case the problems were very few and far between. Some of the things that you have mentioned were great observations but overall you sounded way too negative. This movie leaves an impact and that is what matters. As for her not being emotional enough... That must be your personal preference. I have met several powerfull and proud women, and typically they do not display much emotion when they are sad. If she would have been crying too much that would have been out of character. Also she is not a tender personality, so why should her "kiss me" sound tender?
Anne was only in her 20s, when she was executed. So sad.
@@fawnrollins2141 she was 35... but yes it is sad
Genevieve Is Anne, boy, when she’s in prison & Henry slaps her 👋🏼 she takes it like a Champ & Henry seems like he’s slapping a steel rod 💥 She so much more powerful than Henry.
God she was so beautiful what a fabulous movie
Despite the odd inaccuracies it's a wonderful film, and Genevive Bujold will always be the best Anne Boleyn, followed closely by Charlotte Rampling
For me Genevieve Bujold is the one true Anne Boleyn.
The Anglican or Church of England has a rather lurid past which continues on to this day. It does make for fantastic movies thought!
Bujold the best Anne Boleyn until Claire Foy in “ Wolf Hall”… both actresses give superlative but quite different interpretations of the doomed Queen.
a Really good review! You brought up some interesting points both Positive and Negative regarding Ms. Bujold's performance which I hadn't previously considered, and yet find myself agreeing with i.e. the thinness of her voice during her happier times.
Even so, Genevieve Bujold will always be my Favorite Anne Boleyn, since she not only owned her role but stole every scene she was in!
Funny, Richard Burton did not like her voice as well.
@@fawnrollins2141 Richard Burton had the most Incredibly seductive speaking voice, so even if he didn't care for Genevieve's , it wasn't enough to prevent him from trying to seduce her, which aside from her brief cameo, was one of the reasons Liz Taylor was there during filming.
@@fawnrollins2141 maybe..but he was very happy with Genevieve during filming. He admires her talent and in his book he compared Genevieve with Vivien Leigh.
Geneviève Bujold was asked by a French-Canadian interviewer if there was anything betweem Mr Burton and her during filming. She was very discreet, avoided answering. I wonder what happened to her, we no longer see her on films, I miss her terribly @@elizabeths4371
You pronounced her name correctly, Bujold, a French Canadian from Montreal Quebec, came from a working class family
Anne of The Thousand Days is a great movie.
She has a marvelous voice, saying "Bastard" or anything else! LOL Very clever how you interwove scenes from Anne and Mary Queen of Scots together at the end. I saw Vanessa Redgrave live in a play once!
Oh, this sounds amazing! I would love to see her live
Vanessa Redgrave and Geneviève Bujold - My two favourite actresses
@@monichat
No kidding, we quote Anne in my family to this day. Her haughty, imperious "I THINK NOT!!!" has come in handy on several occasions.
Love this movie and actress play Anne
A shame that Genevieve did not do as comparatively much after this. I remember that she was in the disaster movie "Earthquake" in the 70s, but that is all.
The pronunciation of her name by you is musical.
During this period all of the great films seemed to be regarding some aspect of British History, from Thomas Moore to King Henry the VIII. And everyone went to see them.
Irene Papas deserved at least a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role as Catherine of Aragon.
If only she could have been Anne of the Thousand Weeks then she would have outlived Henry. Something to think about I guess, not much we can do ab out it now.
Truly the best Anne Boleyn!
Genevieve is my favorite Anne alongside Natalie Dormer. The only issue I have is when you say it feels repetitive because of the Mary, Queen of Scots movie because that came out after this movie and was a bit of an unofficial squeal to this movie (I say the latter because of the boat scene with Elizabeth and Dudley where Dudley sings the song Henry wrote for Anne in this movie and then Dudley tells Elizabeth about her mother's response). This movie shouldn't be called repetitive because of what a later movie did.
I don't think the movie is repetitious and I know that Mary came out later. I just feels repetitious for me as I have seen all of these performances by now and they become one in my mind
Both films featured the SAME screenwriter (John Hale) and the SAME director (Charles Jarrott). Their styles in both films is instantly recognizable. It really is too bad that Ms Bujold rejected the role of Mary, Queen of Scots. Thanks, at least, for using Georges Delerue's orignal music for this video instead of some dreadful modern stuff that so many employ. Good job.
R.I.P Anne Boleyn Why Did You Die We Need A Queen Like You
The best protreyal ever, that stands still now
I enjoyed your analysis. In my opinion, as far as "great films" go, this one is pretty mediocre, but Bujold's performance was very good, and I think Burton did convey an agonising lust for Anne in many scenes. I have not screened this entire film for many years, now, but I will always recall one outstanding scene between Henry and Anne. I do not recall any of the content of their conversation, but I recall they were standing at opposite ends of the room talking. Henry ached so badly for her, but she had very little if any interest in him. As he spoke to her, his eyes, his expressions, his fabulous voice, and overall presence literally made love to her without ever touching her or even moving toward her. I do not recall ever seeing another actor do this or at least not nearly as well as Burton.
Your comment that an all consuming, burning desire for Anne was not believable made me chuckle. I do not know if this is true or not, but I read that Elizabeth Taylor was sitting with the director behind the camera on all these scenes. She was very jealous of Burton and felt he would have an affair with Bujold, and if other things I have read are correct, he did have a fling with Bujold. In any case, Elizabeth's presence during the filming of such scenes surely had some effect on Burton's performance.
Also, consider that Burton's health was already in serious decline at this point, and his marriage to Taylor was also in trouble. I am a huge Richard Burton fan, and I am the first to admit that the majority of his Hollywood films were rubbish overall, but his performances were nonetheless more than good, and in a few films they were truly outstanding, e.g. Beckett. In other films, no matter how good his performance, it could not raise the film to even mediocre status, e.g. Trotsky, which was arguably a top contender for the worst film of all time. He was working purely for the money by this time, and his health was in such serious decline that most other people would have already been dead by then. I believe by his own account he was drinking 2 to 3 fifth size bottles of hard liquor per day by then. At one point, he was in hospital and doctor told him to either stop drinking immediately, or die within two weeks.
Many actors have been nominated as the best actor of the 20th century, but I honestly believe that honour goes to Richard Burton. I can only imagine what he could have given us if not for his alcoholism and his decision to come to Hollywood to work, and perhaps worst of all, his decision to marry Taylor. If Prince Charles and Princess Diana's marriage was a disaster of biblical proportions for various reasons which I need not enumerate herein, I think the same argument can be made for Burton and Taylor.
Thanks for your comment!
This movie and the two lead actors made me fall in love with this era in history. I thought they were brilliant.
Same here😊
It's a brilliant film.
Just found your channel, loving it!! Keep going mate!!
thanks so much!
I'm glad to see another fan of this wonderful movie! Thank you for posting your review.
Irene Papas físicamente no tiene nada de Catalina de Aragón. ¿Quién hizo el reparto?
you voice is way too loud and the rest of the sound too low.
This was my very first video
Some people just love to disagree @@FritzandtheOscars
I mean it's not wrong@@monichat
Has the narrator read the comments? He's disagreed with a thousand times!
Yes, I did - and?
Have you read the comments? Clearly not!
@@rebeccapratt1793 Yes, I have - and?
You would have been a good Henry !!!!! @@FritzandtheOscars
"I'm obsessed"? Grow up.
Thanks so much for taking the time to post this!
I'm sorry but I think you didn't understand this film at all.
Well, certainly no way for me to dispute such a thought-out argument
Beautifully done ✔ 👏
Thank you
Thank you very much!
I think king henry the viii is a jerk
I much prefer King Charles III !!!!!!!
She is the best Anne Boleyn in looks and her voice. It’s just a pity the film was so bad. The script could have been written by a ten year old (‘well, I got it in the face that time’ or ‘I’ve sent her to Northumberland since we don’t own Scotland’ even worse ‘I’m so in love with you my darling heart’)
Richard Burton was a terrible choice as Henry V111 and he looks uncomfortable in the role. The costumes were pretty accurate and they were beautiful. The execution scene was rushed and very underwhelming. Where was Anne’s speech and her ladies on the scaffold. As for Henry visiting her in the Tower...........no way would he go anywhere near a condemned prisoner.
Awful.
That's your opinion. I think Burton was brilliant as Henry even though he didn't like the role. After Anne's powerful (fictional) speech to Henry in the Tower scene there was no room for another speech. Her execution speech would have felt out of place. At this point everything was said (in the movie's dimension). "Rushed and underwhelming" - no, that scene is just unobtrusive and plain. I'm glad they didn't stretch or overdramatize that scene.
The tower scene where Anne reflects on the fragility of love is deeply poetic. The execution scene is quiet and unspectacular and thus effective. She had given her "last speech" directly to Henry in the prior scene. Her real speech at the scaffold would have felt like a weaker, redundant supply. A movie is all about balance and rhythm. If you go 100% historically accurate, you’ll get an overfilled, unnuanced film.
Agree. He portrayed an awfully stereotyped Henry.
I remember seeing the movie and the execution scene was memorable to me for the simple fact that Anne Boleyn was looking at the executionner and he asked her to look away as he could not decapitate her while she was looking directly at him. I would have loved to see that scene again. @@angryaccent2217
I haven't watched the entire movie. Just going by what I've seen so far, I don't like Genevieve's playing of Anne Boleyn. Her performance doesn't look genuine. Her angered scenes seem forced, and phony. She almost sounds as if she is reading right from the script.
But Burton on the other hand I like. This shows Henry's human side, that other movies and television actors portrayals of him fail to capture. Though something tells me, it's on purpose to constantly show Henry as a monster. All of us have a softer side, even if we don't like for others to see it...
I agree about the angered scenes, there seems to be overacting on Geneviève Bujold's part. But the rest of her performance is excellent.