They couldn't have selected a more finer actress than Glenn to play alex forrest , she played the part spectacularly , and I think she'd be lovely to meet in real life .
The original ending had Alex commit suicide in an act of emulating the Madame Butterfly, the opera that gave her personal meaning. There's a moment in the film where Dan tells her the only time he bonded with his father was at a performance of that same opera and that's he moment Alex feels destiny brought them together (her father casts a shadow over her, too). For Alex, the opera is their touchstone & gives them some kind of synchronicity - she sees them both as kindred spirits. It's so clear.
Excellent analysis! A few questions for you. What was it about Dan bonding with his father at the opera "Madame Butterfly" that made Alex feel destiny brought them together? Also you stated that Alex's father casts a shadow over her too... in what way? What do you mean by that?
Now, watching this movie as an adult, I see that Alex is very complex- tragic, sweet, sexy, intelligent, scared, psychotic.. Glen's performance depicted all that perfectly perfect! Oscar post- factum!
JD Chase umm he got her PREGNANT you fool. That’s when the entire game changed. Because it’s no longer about their lives and their problems but their child’s
When Glenn is talking about her character Alex is what went wrong, what happened? Alex was close to her father Stanley Forrest and they saw Madame Butterfly and he had a heart attack and I am guessing that Alex lost the only thing she had in her life was her father. I think that her mother died when she was a baby or very young. Then Alex was alone and she had to make her way through school and then a job in NYC! I noticed her apartment is all white which means death and black means death too. When she meets Dan and they talk about Madame Butterfly and she had this connection and attraction and if you ask me Alex wanted Dan so badly to stay with her and that's why she cut her wrists and she did to make Dan stay with her which was extreme and when Dan rejects her and after sex and he goes on with his life but Alex wouldn't have it she wanted Dan so badly she kidnapped his daughter, threw acid on his car, attacked the wife (Beth) who was innocent in all of this and then going to Dan's apartment to get his number, spying on the family, killing the rabbit, you felt sorry for her. Glenn Close said that she didn't see Alex as a villain more of a victim of bad things happening to her. Fatal Attraction scared a lot of men. This movie put an end to one night stands and this is a fantasy flick for woman who have been rejected and casted aside. I know that feeling very well. I might scare them but not like Alex did.
A lot of people were sympathetic to Dan. I was there in the movies in 1987 I was 27yo and I was on a date with a young lady who I was hoping to sleep with after the movie. I tell you that movie changed my plans for the night. Mainly because my date was so sympathetic to Alex she thought Dan was a pig. The movie left us both with emotional anxieties about one night stands. That I took her home that night. I aborted my plans to get her in bed and I was pretty confident that I would be successful. That movie was powerful in so many different ways.
@@morticindavis9410 The way you were talking, it seems like you had sex on the mind and she didn’t, and you were trying to get her to do it. That is behaving under false pretenses, and she had every reason to miss trust both you and Michael Douglas‘s character. I honestly hope you never get laid again. You are very dangerous to women and you know it.
Alex created most of the bad things, though. Mental illness does not automatically turn you into a dangerous lunatic, harming others. Alex chose to have an affair with a married man, chose to kidnap the daughter, chose to kill an innocent bunny, etc. She was horrible. No sympathy is warranted from a person capable of such things. Sure Dan was an ass, but Alex chose that ass 😂🤣😃 Men still have plenty of one night stands/affairs, it may have dipped a bit after the movie came out, though. 😉
Alex created most of the bad things, though. Mental illness does not automatically turn you into a dangerous lunatic, harming others. Alex chose to have an affair with a married man, chose to kidnap the daughter, chose to kill an innocent bunny, etc. She was horrible. No sympathy is warranted from a person capable of such things. Sure Dan was an ahole, but Alex chose that ahole😂🤣😃 Men still have plenty of one nightvstands/affairs, it may have dipped a bit after the movie came out, though. 😉
Alex created most of the bad things, though. Mental illness does not automatically turn you into someone who did the things Alex did. Alex chose to have an affair with a married man, chose to kidnap the daughter, chose to kill an innocent bunny, etc. She was horrible. No sympathy is warranted from a person capable of such things. Sure Dan was an ahole, but Alex chose that ahole😂🤣😃 Men still have plenty of one night stands/affairs, it may have dipped a bit after the movie came out, though. 😉
Glen Close is one of my favourite actresses. She can do anything and be anyone she sets her mind to. If anyone would like to see a witty and amazing Alex Forest impersonation go to Fatal Attraction - Saturday Night Live on You Tube.
I think that Glenn Close is great and she talks about Alex Forrest and how she is out of control and needed help and Glenn Close was great in this movie and I would wonder if they remake this movie! Did anyone see Fatal Attraction Support Group 1989 with Dana Carvey and Glenn Close reprises her roll as Alex Forrest and it was funny!
she suffers from borderline personality disorder. And that's what Glenn Close based the character on and did it wonderful. She (and rightly so) onbjected deeply against the ending. With her swinging a knife around etc. A person suffering from borderline would do that to her or himself. But they were making a Hollywood movie, so the ending remained the way they wanted it.
Over the years this movie ages like fine wine unlike 'Moonstruck'-an award to make up for the Silkwood and Mask snub. Simple as that. Plus, at 'that time' Alex was a VERY polarizing character. This is even pre Anita Hill! Most of the GP were pretty simple in '87 and simply looked at her as a crazed, pain in the a*s, *unlikable needy b*tch who got what she deserved (rolling eyes). Was NO way 'that' voting academy would reward her. Kind of similar to Rosemand Pike in '14. Today, w/ Me Too people have a MUCH better ability to look at 'why' and 'what' made her this way and feel empathy. There was 'something' very dark related to her father that happened. Plus, MD seriously mind f'ked (and physically) kept f'king her! while also *connecting/opening up abt his father etc..So..while she took things too far he most def. should've just kept it physical and not 'bonded' w/ a very sick woman for entire wkd!! Red flags left/right that HE ignored.
But her being so nuts I said what makes it so great to analyze her. Not to mention people generally don’t start out completely nuts, they’ve gone through things to get to that point and it’s always fascinating to find out why people are the way they are.
Nah, the first clue is her behavior in the elevator. Dan should have realized, gone to the apt., excused himself to go to the bathroom or waited till she went and gotten the heck outta there.
If the father had sexually abused Alex then maybe I can see why she acted out the way she did. Dan was the asshole, he played games and fucked with her emotions and her head and when you do that to someone who you hardly know what that person is capable of this movie is a perfect example of the outcome of 2 people having an affair but then something bad happens
I agree. Im a gay man and I became involved with a married man who had 2 sons. I too became obbssesed with him. I too would stalk his family. I wrote about my experience with him for a class paper. I got aB+ on it. This all happened 11 years before Fatal Attraction was a movie.
I don't fully agree with her. I think the first red flag was when she called him after they had the one night stand and shouted at him because he left early. She urged him to come back and eat spaghetti with her. And the second red flag is when they are eating spaghetti: She claims that she knows him already and that she would like to know where she is standing....after some hours!!! They hardly know each other, they have just met. These kind of questions are creepy!!! The third red flag is when she lies about her father and his heart attack.
Close was brilliant in that role, but I have to take exception to her take on Alex. Alex was a psychopath no matter which ending was used in the final cut.
The role that deserved an Oscar!
It was foul play, Glen Close not getting.the Oscar. Maybe Harvey Weinstein did not promise her one.
Their path didn't cross.
This is one classy lady and one of the best actresses of all time.
Should have won the Oscar that year. Brilliant performance.
They couldn't have selected a more finer actress than Glenn to play alex forrest , she played the part spectacularly , and I think she'd be lovely to meet in real life .
Her performance still stuns me.
The original ending had Alex commit suicide in an act of emulating the Madame Butterfly, the opera that gave her personal meaning. There's a moment in the film where Dan tells her the only time he bonded with his father was at a performance of that same opera and that's he moment Alex feels destiny brought them together (her father casts a shadow over her, too). For Alex, the opera is their touchstone & gives them some kind of synchronicity - she sees them both as kindred spirits. It's so clear.
Excellent analysis! A few questions for you.
What was it about Dan bonding with his father at the opera "Madame Butterfly" that made Alex feel destiny brought them together?
Also you stated that Alex's father casts a shadow over her too... in what way? What do you mean by that?
Glenn Close is my favorite actress of all time, she is great in every part she plays, and deserves more Emmys, I just love her!
Now, watching this movie as an adult, I see that Alex is very complex- tragic, sweet, sexy, intelligent, scared, psychotic.. Glen's performance depicted all that perfectly perfect!
Oscar post- factum!
The real villain is Dan.
THANK YOU BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE THE FACT THAT HE'S A HUGE ASSWIPE
Daughter Of Effie Trinket Yes they do BUT we object strongly the feminists attempt to portray this evil psychopath as worthy of sympathy.
He is married and made vows to be faithful.
JD Chase umm he got her PREGNANT you fool. That’s when the entire game changed. Because it’s no longer about their lives and their problems but their child’s
All I can say is stay faith to your spouse and be loyal, so you won't get into this kind of mess.
I love Glenn Close and Alex Forrest character!!
Me too!! Alex is my hero!!!!!!!!!
Pls give her an oscar award...
I love Glenn Close..she is amazing actress!
There isn't a Woman Alive that could play Alex Forrester but GIENN CLOSE❣
Meryl Streep, perhaps?
When Glenn is talking about her character Alex is what went wrong, what happened? Alex was close to her father Stanley Forrest and they saw Madame Butterfly and he had a heart attack and I am guessing that Alex lost the only thing she had in her life was her father. I think that her mother died when she was a baby or very young. Then Alex was alone and she had to make her way through school and then a job in NYC! I noticed her apartment is all white which means death and black means death too. When she meets Dan and they talk about Madame Butterfly and she had this connection and attraction and if you ask me Alex wanted Dan so badly to stay with her and that's why she cut her wrists and she did to make Dan stay with her which was extreme and when Dan rejects her and after sex and he goes on with his life but Alex wouldn't have it she wanted Dan so badly she kidnapped his daughter, threw acid on his car, attacked the wife (Beth) who was innocent in all of this and then going to Dan's apartment to get his number, spying on the family, killing the rabbit, you felt sorry for her. Glenn Close said that she didn't see Alex as a villain more of a victim of bad things happening to her. Fatal Attraction scared a lot of men. This movie put an end to one night stands and this is a fantasy flick for woman who have been rejected and casted aside. I know that feeling very well. I might scare
them but not like Alex did.
A lot of people were sympathetic to Dan. I was there in the movies in 1987 I was 27yo and I was on a date with a young lady who I was hoping to sleep with after the movie. I tell you that movie changed my plans for the night. Mainly because my date was so sympathetic to Alex she thought Dan was a pig. The movie left us both with emotional anxieties about one night stands. That I took her home that night. I aborted my plans to get her in bed and I was pretty confident that I would be successful. That movie was powerful in so many different ways.
@@morticindavis9410 The way you were talking, it seems like you had sex on the mind and she didn’t, and you were trying to get her to do it. That is behaving under false pretenses, and she had every reason to miss trust both you and Michael Douglas‘s character. I honestly hope you never get laid again. You are very dangerous to women and you know it.
Alex created most of the bad things, though. Mental illness does not automatically turn you into a dangerous lunatic, harming others. Alex chose to have an affair with a married man, chose to kidnap the daughter, chose to kill an innocent bunny, etc. She was horrible. No sympathy is warranted from a person capable of such things. Sure Dan was an ass, but Alex chose that ass 😂🤣😃 Men still have plenty of one night stands/affairs, it may have dipped a bit after the movie came out, though. 😉
Alex created most of the bad things, though. Mental illness does not automatically turn you into a dangerous lunatic, harming others. Alex chose to have an affair with a married man, chose to kidnap the daughter, chose to kill an innocent bunny, etc. She was horrible. No sympathy is warranted from a person capable of such things. Sure Dan was an ahole, but Alex chose that ahole😂🤣😃 Men still have plenty of one nightvstands/affairs, it may have dipped a bit after the movie came out, though. 😉
Alex created most of the bad things, though. Mental illness does not automatically turn you into someone who did the things Alex did. Alex chose to have an affair with a married man, chose to kidnap the daughter, chose to kill an innocent bunny, etc. She was horrible. No sympathy is warranted from a person capable of such things. Sure Dan was an ahole, but Alex chose that ahole😂🤣😃 Men still have plenty of one night stands/affairs, it may have dipped a bit after the movie came out, though. 😉
Glenn Close ROCKS
Glen Close is one of my favourite actresses. She can do anything and be anyone she sets her mind to.
If anyone would like to see a witty and amazing Alex Forest impersonation go to Fatal Attraction - Saturday Night Live on You Tube.
I love her too, even if her eyes are very close together
I think that Glenn Close is great and she talks about Alex Forrest and how she is out of control and needed help and Glenn Close was great in this movie and I would wonder if they remake this movie! Did anyone see Fatal Attraction Support Group 1989 with Dana Carvey and Glenn Close reprises her roll as Alex Forrest and it was funny!
she suffers from borderline personality disorder. And that's what Glenn Close based the character on and did it wonderful. She (and rightly so) onbjected deeply against the ending. With her swinging a knife around etc. A person suffering from borderline would do that to her or himself. But they were making a Hollywood movie, so the ending remained the way they wanted it.
Over the years this movie ages like fine wine unlike 'Moonstruck'-an award to make up for the Silkwood and Mask snub. Simple as that. Plus, at 'that time' Alex was a VERY polarizing character. This is even pre Anita Hill! Most of the GP were pretty simple in '87 and simply looked at her as a crazed, pain in the a*s, *unlikable needy b*tch who got what she deserved (rolling eyes). Was NO way 'that' voting academy would reward her. Kind of similar to Rosemand Pike in '14. Today, w/ Me Too people have a MUCH better ability to look at 'why' and 'what' made her this way and feel empathy. There was 'something' very dark related to her father that happened. Plus, MD seriously mind f'ked (and physically) kept f'king her! while also *connecting/opening up abt his father etc..So..while she took things too far he most def. should've just kept it physical and not 'bonded' w/ a very sick woman for entire wkd!! Red flags left/right that HE ignored.
I think she played the part of Alex brilliantly.
She was just completely nuts.
No point overanalyzing her character.
But her being so nuts I said what makes it so great to analyze her. Not to mention people generally don’t start out completely nuts, they’ve gone through things to get to that point and it’s always fascinating to find out why people are the way they are.
Sorry - her being so nuts *is* what makes it great to analyze her. Stupid iPad spellcheck, most useless thing ever invented xD
Indeed lots of loose ends on Alex Forest's bkground. A prequel is in order?
Nah, the first clue is her behavior in the elevator. Dan should have realized, gone to the apt., excused himself to go to the bathroom or waited till she went and gotten the heck outta there.
Give her an Oscar already! Spectacular actress! Miles better than you know who.
I love Maryl Streep, she's a great actress. Some consider her the best, but Glenn Close is every bit the actress Maryl is.
Que atriz incrível é Glenn Close. Minha atriz americana favorita ❤❤❤
Cher stole the Oscar from Glenn!
Awesome
If the father had sexually abused Alex then maybe I can see why she acted out the way she did.
Dan was the asshole, he played games and fucked with her emotions and her head and when you do that to someone who you hardly know what that person is capable of this movie is a perfect example of the outcome of 2 people having an affair but then something bad happens
I agree. Im a gay man and I became involved with a married man who had 2 sons. I too became obbssesed with him. I too would stalk his family. I wrote about my experience with him for a class paper. I got aB+ on it. This all happened 11 years before Fatal Attraction was a movie.
I don't fully agree with her. I think the first red flag was when she called him after they had the one night stand and shouted at him because he left early. She urged him to come back and eat spaghetti with her. And the second red flag is when they are eating spaghetti: She claims that she knows him already and that she would like to know where she is standing....after some hours!!! They hardly know each other, they have just met. These kind of questions are creepy!!! The third red flag is when she lies about her father and his heart attack.
She was amazing in this movie! It also just made me think if Dan had stepped out before cheating with Alex?
I see a cat tail! xD
she lost the Oscar to Cher but in reality that year should have been Sally Kirkland in Anna
Alex DeLarge, i rest my case.....
Dislikes?
Alex was catastriphising over Dan.
😍😍😍
One of the all time great performances, It's a travesty Close did not get the Oscar
She lied about her father being alive, which makes her deluded.
I can understand people thinking whatever it is they think about her character.
Marty Keaton exactly she first told him her father was dead but than she says he’s alive and well , but her father did die
"Don't stick your wee-wee in crazy" - The movie.
Close was brilliant in that role, but I have to take exception to her take on Alex. Alex was a psychopath no matter which ending was used in the final cut.