Darling
1965
Julie Christie stars as the immensely charming Darling, a role that would garner her an Oscar as Best Actress. Although she's married, she falls hard for television interviewer Robert (Dirk Bogarde), and their friendship blossoms into a full-blown affair that has each of them leaving their spouses in order to move in together. .. Read more
| Starring | Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, Alex Scott |
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| Director | John Schlesinger, Bryan Forbes |
| Genres | Drama |
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Darling
Julie Christie stars as the immensely charming Darling, a role that would garner her an Oscar as Best Actress. Although she's married, she falls hard for television interviewer Robert (Dirk Bogarde), and their friendship blossoms into a full-blown affair that has each of them leaving their spouses in order to move in together. But Darling is far from done. Next she meets smooth Miles (Laurence Harvey), who knows all the right people in the film industry. But Miles is merely another stepping stone as Darling climbs in and out of bed on her way to the top, which is not quite what she expected. John Schlesinger's black-and-white film features a terrific cast and a wonderful score by John Dankworth. It captures 1960s London like few other movies, making a nice companion piece to BLOWUP. DARLING was written by Frederic Raphael, who would later go on to write EYES WIDE SHUT for Stanley Kubrick.
| Starring | Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey, Alex Scott, Pauline Yates, Leslie Caron, Brock Peters, Tom Bell, Pat Phoenix, Cicely Courtneidge, Emlyn Williams |
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| Director | John Schlesinger, Bryan Forbes |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 22 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 23 Jun 2003 Production year: 1965 |
| Format | DVD |
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No one need look further than Darling for a succinct guide to the reasons for the rapid decline of the British 'New... read more on Time Out
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
An under-rated classic: The L Shaped Room
The L-shaped Room, by far the superior of the two films on this double act DVD is a smoothly acted, compellingly sensitive and intelligent film. With impeccable casting, from stars Leslie Caron and Tom Bell (himself grossly under-rated) down through all the lively, distinctive character roles and an excellent, quotable script, it is a throughly engrossing classic...well worth buying, as you will want to watch it again and again, especially is you are are writer or actor. 7 Stars!!! A must see...!
Darling, on the other hand, the more publicised of the two films seems dated with a hammy, stilted performance from Julie Christie clashing against a superlative turn by the ever reliable Dirk Bogarde as only real 'man' of the piece. So 6 Stars - for Darling, only because of DB's acting. The script has a few great lines though. My favourite came when Dirk tells Julie that she's 'worth £5 on the Walworth Road...' That's about all I'd pay for this one...! -
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Two for one
The L-Shaped Room
Leslie Caron plays a French girl who comes to London for an abortion. She takes up lodgings in a run down London house peopled by a host of colourful characters, a couple of prostitutes, a lesbian, a neurotic black trumpeter, a wannabe writer. With that ensemble you would have thought that it couldn?t miss. You?d be wrong. The film is overlong and Caron?s part simply does not have enough meat for her to get her teeth into. ?A Taste of Honey? covers much the same ground and deals with it far better.
Darling
This film is a complete contrast. Julie Christie plays an amoral young model on the make in swinging London. In her quest to ?make it? she uses men as stepping stones to get, well, nowhere. Made three years after the L-Shaped Room it represents the transition from kitchen sink drama to the swinging life of 60?s London which had just succeeded Rome to the title of ?swingingest city in Europe?. But, and it?s a big but, despite its two Oscars, for the writer and Julie Christie and a nomination for Schlesinger as best director, La Dolce Vita it ain?t.
Both films show their age but are a fair example of Brit film in the 60s, if anybody is interested and as you get two films on one dvd they represent good value for you LSD. -
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Away From Her
- 08 Feb 2008
After 40 years of marriage, Fiona (Julie Christie) decides it is time to move on. This is no reflection on her husband, Grant (Gordon Pinsent), but an acknowledgment that her mind is already drifting out the door. As the Alzheimer's worsens she will require round-the-clock attention. Grant agrees in principle, but he's distraught when the nursing home bars him for the first 30 days, and then bereft to find that his wife has transferred her affections to another patient, Aubrey (Michael Murphy). Read more
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Darling
Julie Christie stars as the immensely charming Darling, a role that would garner her an Oscar as Best Actress. Although she's married, she falls hard for television interviewer Robert (Dirk Bogarde), and their friendship blossoms into a full-blown affair that has each of them leaving their spouses ...
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