(Note: I have never actually be involved in a process of a film besides one of my friends' film. So this may just be my delinquent outlook, but let me have it.)
It amazes me how someone can mold and define characters, places, and story lines so well that they can spend thousands or millions of dollars to create all of it. The job of an actor is also amazing to me because I do not see how they can become someone else and perform effortlessly in front of cameras and crews.
An actress that I have always admired for her effortless embodiment of characters is Michelle Williams. Recently, I have watched three movies of which she has starred in - My Week with Marilyn, Blue Valentine, and, her latest, Take This Waltz with Seth Rogen. All are absolutely breathtaking performances, but I was wide-eyed at her in Take This Waltz.
Michelle Williams plays a twenty-eight year old woman who has been married for five years to cook book writer, Lou (Seth Rogen). The value of her domestic life begins to come into question when she meets her neighbor, Daniel (Luke Kirby). Margot and Daniel have an overwhelming amount of a chemistry and, soon the excitement of something "new" begins to diminish the value of "old." Take This Waltz is a visually and emotionally beautiful film that questions how longevity affects a relationship and the eventual (inevitable?) fall-out of attraction, sex, love, and individuality of the people involved.
Take This Waltz also has a realistic beauty to it. The houses the characters live in will make your heart dance all the way to the craft store for paint, photographs, and anything that creaks. I now have a craving to move up to Toronto, purchase an old house with a porch and colorful front door, and throw a party with a wheel barrow of beer and friends that will dance in my living room just because it is fun to dance.
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