THE GRIFTERS Anjelica Huston Annette Bening | SCENE

The nightmare of becoming your older self. Becoming a type without persona. Myra's master keys suggest a uniqueness and individuality that don't exist. Walled in by mirrors on both sides, her image reflects in an infinite cloning: a copy of a copy.

1990. Dir. Stephen Frears. Prod. Martin Scorsese and Barbara De Fina. An excellent score by Elmer Bernstein. Also starring John Cusack, Pat Hingle, J.T. Walsh, Henry Jones, Charles Napier, and with Jeremy Piven.

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