November 24 movie: The Best Years of Our Lives. I've raved about this movie before, and with good reason. It may be my favorite war movie ever. This time I paid attention to Myrna Loy's performance. Her character is in some ways the backbone of the movie. In a scene like the dinner party where Fredric March gives his speech, Loy is key to the scene without speaking a word.
She has a wonderful bit of dialogue in a scene where her daughter (Teresa Wright) accuses Loy and March of having had it easy all their lives, and not knowing what it means to struggle for happiness. Loy turns to March and says, "How many times have I told you I hated you, and believed it in my heart? How many times have you told me you were sick of me, and we were all washed up? How many times have we had to fall in love all over again?" That's what I love about this movie. It's about life being complicated.
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