Lena over Noomi any day

Rating: 8/10 (31 December 2011)

Hey everyone out there who responds to really excellent actresses at the top of their game. I have long been an admirer of Lena Endre, through Gossip and Faithless especially. I firmly believe she is the best actress around at the moment and would be a huge star if she were more arrogant (which she most definitely is not) and American (which I am so glad she is not). She has a deep and devastating well of emotional depth and an ability to access those emotions with breathtaking honesty. Noomi Rapace is a good young actress (although I must confess of the young Scandinavians I prefer Anna Bjork but that is personal preference) but Lena is the undisputed master of her craft and it is about time she were given the credit she deserves. This is an actress that Ingmar Bergman called the "Stradavarius of actors", the directors perfect instrument. I could go on for hours but please take this thought away with you. Flashy, over exposed emotions are meat and drink for an actor, inhabiting and examining the arc and consciousness of another human being is witchcraft, soul stealing. Lena Endre can steal anyone's soul in a crystal clear 24 frame study of perfection.