David Thomson on Isabelle Huppert
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
David Thomson: I doubt that in the history of the movies we've ever before had women in their 50s standing above all others. But Isabelle Huppert is one 'Who the hell is Isabelle Huppert?" The question rang through the offices of United Artists nearly 30 years ago, when Michael Cimino tried to cast the role of Ella in Heaven's Gate. The executive in charge of production, Steven Bach,...