![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/THOB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/marthamarcymaymarlene-thob-1024x683.jpeg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
One of the major stories out of 2011\u2032s Sundance Film Festival was the arrival of Elizabeth Olsen, a new actress who just happened to be the younger sibling of the Olsen twins. In Sean Durkin\u2019s debut Martha Marcy May Marlene<\/i>, Olsen stars as a young woman who escapes a cult and copes with her fractured identity in the wary arms of her estranged older sister, played by Sarah Paulson. The film earned rave reviews, a Directing prize for Durkin, and distribution with Fox Searchlight. The film would be sold in the shadow of the previous year\u2019s Oscar success Winter\u2019s Bone<\/i>: a Sundance launch, a star-making debut performance, and a chilling supporting performance from John Hawkes. But the film was significantly less audience friendly thriller by comparison, and paired with Searchlight\u2019s stacked lineup of films, Martha<\/i> didn\u2019t fit the Oscar mold.<\/p>\n
However, Martha Marcy May Marlene<\/i> remains a movie we are still haunted by. This episode, we talk about the film and its associated network of stars and directors that would become Sundance staples. We also discuss the stiff competition faced by Olsen in the Best Actress race, Paulson\u2019s career prior to becoming a Ryan Murphy staple, and Hawkes\u2019 run of awards-buzzed roles in the early 2010s.<\/p>\n
Topics also include our love of Durkin\u2019s The Nest<\/i>,\u00a0thoughts on The Staircase<\/i>, and ugly QR code posters.<\/p>\n
Follow Us on Twitter!
\n@Had_Oscar_Buzz<\/a>
\nJoe: @joereid<\/a>
\nChris: @chrisvfeil<\/a><\/p>\n