Darling (1965)

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   72aicm

   I don't take whores in taxis 7 years 3 months ago
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   CSSCHNEIDER

   Fantastic film. Incredible performance. 9 years ago
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   Siskoid

   Julie Christie won an Oscar for Darling, and she is indeed great in Schlesinger's tell-all-type story of a girl who chases her dreams in jetset 1965, defaulting to glamor when she can, but forever doomed to jump from man to man, and circumstance to circumstance, driven by an unhappiness. Ultimately, luxury is an empty ambition and dissatisfaction its own kind trap. There are some good directorial ideas throughout, from the freeze frames that turn the film into a photo shoot, to the tipsy party where Christie's Diana is being mocked. And yet, I just couldn't get with this one. I felt completely divorced from its decadent world and what's important in that era. I wouldn't call it dated, because the pursuit of celebrity is still an ongoing concern, and the style is fairly modern, but it does feel like it's speaking to another time. Percussive and even transgressive in '65, I just found the skipping around over a few years to be rather interminable. Perhaps these are lessons/topics that have been explored so much since then, I became impatient with it. 1 year 2 months ago

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