#JaneHorrocks

QuirkyFilmsQuirkyFilms@c.im
2025-02-12

The #AbsolutelyFabulous ladies reunite for a retrospective of their classic sitcom.
#ThenAndNow #JenniferSaunders #JoannaLumley
#JuliaSawalha #JaneHorrocks

2023-08-06

When I as a kid consciously started to watch films and notice the performances I liked, I became a big fan of the actresses Jodie Foster, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jane Horrocks and Juliette Binoche. Still am, but there's not so much news about them anymore. And yes, I was very aware those are all J's. Since then I've found great actresses of other generations whose name don't start with a J, I am a big fan of Stephanie Leonidas for example. People who have seen posts of me before most likely have seen me mentioning being a huge fan of Jenna Ortega. Yes, I'm back at the J's.

Now I'm watching an old film, one of my all time favourites, with Jane Horrocks: Life is Sweet. The film is directed and written by Mike Leigh, based on improvisations by the actors during rehearsals, as is his process. Mike Leigh is probably the only director I ever followed, once describing one of his films just with 'it's about... people' because I didn't know anything more to say and later realising this is accidentally a good description of all of his films. They're about people.

This one starts with a panning shot across a row of houses, suggesting that the family we are going to watch is just one of many and we could just as well have watched the story of the people in the other houses. (Edit: that's not actually this one, but another one. It was long ago I saw it...)

Life Is Sweet (1990)
#JaneHorrocks #LifeIsSweet #MikeLeigh #NowWatching

2023-06-25

Watching #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre series 2, #janehorrocks

They mentioned Bubble and Little Voice, but not Fenchurch in #h2g2!

I could listen to her voice all day :-)

I’m now watching my Little Voice dvd, which is way too long ago. Magical performance by Jane Horrocks in a role that was literally made for her.

The writer of the stage play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Jim Cartwright) knew Jane personally and once heard her sing in her garden, perfectly imitating the voices of famous singers. So he was inspired to write a play about a shy girl who almost never spoke but lit up when she could belt out some show tunes, using the voices of others, alone in her bedroom. Jane performed that role of Little Voice in the play and stole people’s hearts.

When the play much later was turned into a film by an American studio, they originally planned to have some current Hollywood star play Little Voice. Much furore ensued in the UK: there can only be one Little Voice. So Jane got her part back. And did it, like I said, magically.
#JaneHorrocks #LittleVoice

Gidi KroonGidiKroon
2019-03-24

I loved that video! Especially because Jane Horrocks is in it... #1963 twitter.com/janehorrocks_/stat

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