![]() Karen meets Denys and another guy, and invites them to her home. Bror uses her money against her wishes and doesn't take care of her properly. Karen marries Bror to retain her title of baroness and moves to Africa. Many of her performances, especially the ones where she uses accents, are slightly difficult to accept first but shine later, even though she does sound like Sly Stallone at times, especially when she says in one scene "I want you to COME HOME". The opening itself talks of the farm at the foot of the Ngong Hills and is voiced by Streep in a very distinctive accent. Based on a true story, Out of Africa shows Karen Blixen's life as she adjusts to the African lifestyle while romancing Denys (Redford) and divorcing Bror (Klaus). The Iron Lady will always remain Meryl's Iron Lady. While Meryl is a marvel, Pollock himself is a wise man who gave the picture an independent existence. The camera moves through the picturesque Africa and the beautiful Meryl so naturally as if the cameraman was lost in the beauty of the entire place. ![]() While in Out of Africa, Pollock never resorts to showy camera work to highlight Meryl. While I do understand Phyllida's attempt to have Meryl foreshadow others to show Thatcher's dominance, the movie itself became a one-woman show that barely gave a s*** about the supporting cast. In Out of Africa, Meryl's character Karen is a hardworking, independent, strong-willed young baroness/plantation worker later author, while in The Iron Lady, she oscillates between an eighty year old dementia-suffering Thatcher and a middle-aged Thatcher, both authoritative. While in both of them, Meryl gave her best shot, the director's approach towards the actress is very different. Watching Meryl Streep in 2011's The Iron Lady and in 1985s Out of Africa gave me two different results.
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