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Kusama’s ‘Destroyer’ is a Brutal Work of Art
What can be said about Nicole Kidman’s performances that hasn’t been said already? The woman is a gd virtuoso! So it should be no surprise that her performance in Destroyer is — quite simply — spectacular, spectacular.
Kidman’s Erin Bell is like a tautly-pulled violin string, ready to snap at any and every moment. And despite that, there’s a simultaneous calm. Not the kind of calm from being relaxed and happy, but the calm of being so far beyond done it’s not even funny. From the way she speaks, moves, dresses — everything — Erin is clearly one step away from total meltdown. The tagline for this movie could have been, “Muthafuckas, you want some? Come get some.” (For those who’ve seen the movie, I bet you read that in Erin Bell’s voice, didn’t you? Admit it, you did.)
And she does meltdown, in varying degrees, over the course of events. From lashing out at her daughter to violently confronting a former “colleague,” she walks a thin af line until she finally crosses that point of no return.
