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Is the Labour Candidate for Sheffield Central finally being selected tomorrow? It's likely that it won't be Izzard - and then the make-up will come sliding down - as Marc Almond said in: 'Say Hello, Wave Goodbye'. Let's hope we're all waving goodbye to enduring this creepy old man's 'girl mode' tomorrow.

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And he’ll revert back to “boy” mode to go for castings for male roles.

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Indeed.... and no matter how much make-up he wears, underneath it all will still be a male face looking back at him.

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I very much get the impression his male face is the only one he wants looking back at him. Apart from anything else, he needs it for the film roles he gets - exclusively 'boy mode' Eddie.

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Absolutely. Make-up does not maketh you a woman.

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Oh no! I love that film, I don't want to think of Eddie Izzard when I next watch it. I'm going to have to try and forget I saw this.

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Lol Madame d'Izzard! (EI's last name is even French in origin apparently!-- Huguenot.) Well played, Mr. Linehan :)

At the risk of going off on a slight tangent... may I just say that this is one of my all-time favorite scenes? (From one of my all-time favorite films.) Specifically that makeup-removal part at the very end... and even more, when paired with the twin scene which opens the film: the Marquise gazing at her reflection with preening, smirking self-satisfaction. It's a literal and metaphorical mirror-image of that devastating final one. Close's acting, the way she tells us EVERYTHING without saying a word... and that slow fadeout that plays as de Merteuil's literal descent into darkness... [chef's kiss]

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Nov 3, 2022·edited Nov 3, 2022

Yes, conceptually it's exceptional and so is she. As is John Malcovich, particularly in the scene where, as he's dying you see his (Valmont's) vulnerability and the good part of him as he tells Danceny that they have both been Merteuil's creatures, and his love for Madame de Torvel is the only real happiness he's ever known.

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Oh I found that scene quite powerful...in whatever context!

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It is powerful, it depicts the downfall of a very privileged, selfish and scheming woman. Izzard is all of those things apart from the last, of course. He knows that and he doesn't want it any other way, he's making a good living out of taking the piss.

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What's happening tomorrow?

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Brilliant Film. And yes....indeed.

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I don't get it....what have I missed?

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