My first encounter with Julie Christie was decisive. Before seeing her on screen in Billy Liar I had come across his face on more than one occasion. She appeared in a score of pictures representing the 60, illustrating some film encyclopedia available in the library of Casa de las Americas . I also remembered in the frames of Miss Mary, a film now almost forgotten in the race for the British. For many, this story of the English governess in the middle of the aristocracy Argentina, marked a reunion with a familiar face in the past. I have not seen this performance of Maria Luisa Bemberg, and it was not until the early 90's when the Cinematheque of Cuba dedicated uno de sus ciclos a John Schlesinger, que logré, por fin, apreciar uno de aquellos filmes otrora tan comentados.
Y la oportunidad no pudo ser mejor, aunque no alcanzara ver Darling , actuación por la cual ella obtuvo un Oscar en 1966. Quizás se debió a un olvido de los programadores de La Rampa, o a un inesperado apagón, tan común en aquellos tiempos, o tal vez fue mi culpa por no asistir a todas las presentaciones del ciclo.
Años después, en una temporada como la actual, de elecciones en Estados Unidos, la Televisión Cubana sorprendió con la exhibición de Power en el espacio de La película del sábado . It was an interesting proposal, one embodiment pre- The West Wing, so I do not know if the receive the same now, who are in the TV series the main reference about how the machinery presidential election and a little of everything that large North American country, whose world centered in California Farandulera never entirely seduced Julie Christie.
My fascination and obvious affinity that grew with every film, starring her, projected somewhere accessible. I even remember when a group of friends excited about the novelty of video-beam, to the palpable extinction of 35 mm film in theaters Cuban took me to watch a grainy copy deplorable Doctor Zhivago.
When he finished he did not know whether to agree with another good colleague and his personal theory on the face of the Christie. For him, my lovely blonde had a bad skin too thin, where wrinkles and skin folds appear earlier than in the rest of mortals. Then the knowledge of both the art of cosmetics were nil, so imagine the havoc that would cause the tropical sun at the iconic profile of the 60, and discouraged by the age difference, my passion was reduced.
In late 2007 we went to see Away from her. The presence of Julie Christie was the main attraction, but also as a director Sarah Polley. A Canadian remembered tender and fragile My Life Without Me , the beautiful film by Isabel Coixet. I confess that in the least that I noticed was Christie wrinkles, not only because it had aged beautifully, but because it starred a story on aging.
impressive thing was the filmmaker's ability to grasp with minimal resources, the painful, frustrating and devastating it can be the loss of function. I say minimal resources, yet the phrase is debatable. It is known that the actors must give substance characters, show them entirely, which, of course, involves the emotions. However, more recent release of a contemporary cinema evidence not always the case. In
Away from her, some close-ups of the Christie, distressed and absent without handles, I would say that summarize their histrionic ability. It's those moments that validate my view this film and come to any viewer. It is an intense film story, because the stronger the human existence. The rest is the actress, her face somewhat aged, but beautiful, in a film without much reference to a specific place or country, perhaps because everyone can touch us from attending the final days of someone very dear, when the past, the events in common life, are slowly erased.
In the next Academy Awards, Julie Christie wait, perhaps without many expectations, the American Academy granted the award. He deserves it, although it takes Marion Cotillard, a tough contender. Brings out the French, pure and lung, a biopic minor as La vie en rose . Do not take home the golden statuette guess not much affecting the life of Christie. I, on the other hand, I would like Away From Her not the last visit to the set for this wonderful woman I owe unforgettable moments in my brief existence of inveterate movie buff.
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