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Last night, the Oscars crowned freckled ginger prince Eddie Redmayne as the the Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything and finally gave freckled ginger queen Julianne Moore the Oscar (that she’s long deserved) for her work in Still Alice. What you might not know, though, is that Moore and Redmayne have worked together before. In 2008, they co-starred in a weird, highly stylized film about murder, incest, and rich people called Savage Grace and you can stream it right now on Hulu Plus.
Savage Grace is a peculiar film for a number of reasons. It’s beautiful to look at, stars some amazing actors — Hello, Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne won Oscars last night! — and it was almost universally panned by critics. Most experts find the film difficult to slog through, but then you’ve got the rare voice, like The Guardian‘s Peter Bradshaw, who loved it.
The film is inspired by the real-life story of Barbara Daly Baekeland and her son, Anthony. Not only did Anthony suffer from schizophrenia, but he was also homosexual, which was an even bigger deal in the 1960s than it is today. To cover up her son’s sexual orientation, Baekeland spread rumors that they were having an affair. Why? Well, I guess she thought having an Oedipus Complex was better than being gay — which is both insanely bonkers and completely incorrect. The film is best known among film nerds for a crazy menage-a-trois love scene between Moore, Redmayne, and Hannibal‘s Hugh Dancy.
So, if you found yourself watching the Oscars last night and thought to yourself, “Hmm…I would love to see Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne in a movie where they played mother and son, but they also have to make out, and one of them has to murder the other one,” then you’re in luck because it already exists! [Where to Stream Savage Grace]
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