Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode guide us through the expanding universe of the moving image
Trying to narrow down Streep's career to a handful of great performances is something of a fool's errand, because her career is pretty much a string of really great performances. In the episode, Mark Kermode and Ellen E Jones discuss Streep's work, from early breakthrough roles in The Deer Hunter and Kramer vs. Kramer to later, more eclectic films like Mamma Mia! and Death Becomes Her.
Many may not share his view on the film, but few would argue with his take on Streep. This is the role that brought Streep her first Oscar nomination and put her on the path to being the best of her generation.If The Deer Hunter held the suggestion Streep might be something special, 1979's Kramer vs. Kramer was the proof. She plays a woman who walks out on her unhappy marriage, leaving not just her husband , but also her son .
As Ellen says, the film itself is not great and “doesn't live up to the responsibility of how something with the magnitude of the Holocaust should be depicted in cinema”, but Streep's performance towers over the film. Kate Winslet colourfully describes the role as “like looking at a different colour of knickers that you don't expect to have in their underwear drawer. But, my god, it's so gorgeous when you see her and Goldie Hawn clearly just having the time of their life”.
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