Saturday, June 13, 2009

Day of Rest

Fabulousness can be exhausting.


Since it's gloomy and rainy in NYC, I'm getting my vitamin D from staring at the 'Sunshine Girl' herself Julie Christie. I'm feeling that mod Darling ennui. Be back tomorrow with more 'Streep at 60' and more movie miscellania...

6 comments:

MeMe said...

Aaaaaaaah the divine miss Christie. She's the personification of luminousness, if that's a word. And to say she turned down so many roles that eventually were oscar-nominated. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Nicholas and Alexandra, Out of Africa, ... She could've become queen of the oscars, you know.

Cristhian said...

Awww. I heart this movie so much.
I live by these wise words:

Diana Scott: I always feel as if there's one more corner to turn, and I'll be there.
Miles Brand: And so you will.
Diana Scott: Then there'll be another.
Miles Brand: That's the attraction of corners.

Rick said...

I am a little disappointed by the lack of blogs on Streep ... it is already mid-June and so little has been written.... I know how exhaustion can be, though...

Kent said...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie! Julie Christie is...omg. A personal all time best.

People don't give her performance enough credit. I always read Julie Andrews was robbed of a second consecutive Oscar in 1965 for THE SOUND OF MUSIC. But Christie so deserved to win.

adri said...

I've never seen Darling (although I certainly want to). Julie Christie is an enticing original.

And the other person in the photo, Dirk Bogarde, is an actor that I've just adored ever since I saw his "Doctor in the House" movies on TV. And then when I was older to get to see his later movies: so complex, he so compelling - what an actor!

And what varied and deep life he had: part of the Allied forces rescuing the Belsen Belsen concenration camp, 5 medals, a noted autobiographer, worked with great artists, lived where he wanted to live - so cool. Apparently when they did Darling, both he and Julie Christie were up for the leads in Dr Zhivago. I like Omar Shariff, but how much better I would have understood the character's conflicts if the part had been played by Bogarde ( I never understood why Zhivago behaved the way he did).

A great quote for Bogarde on imdb:
[on the Cannes Film Festival] My idea of hell. You see all the people you thought were dead and all the people who deserve to be dead. After a while, you start to think you might be dead, too.

Ryan said...

i saw 'darling' on tv so, so long ago.

MUST REVISIT ASAP!