ClankSinatra

ClankSinatra t1_jef47cd wrote

Conflunce of things, probably. From her choices, it seems like she started looking for films where she was the main lead instead of co-lead or supporting actor. Those tend to be hard to find if you're a woman older than 35, especially in like 1978.

The kind of New Hollywood movies she was best in and best known for started to wind down post-Jaws and Star Wars.

She was also notoriously difficult to work with, and not in the euphemistic "she wouldn't fuck the producer" way that Weinstein used to brand actresses with. She was actually a right asshole that would just not show up on set sometimes or make the production remake her whole wardrobe on a whim.

For what it's worth I think she's the best American actress of the 70s and her Chinatown performance is top 10 all-time.

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