Well, why not? Especially in 'Love And Death'. And, naturally, 'Annie Hall'.
Well, la-di-da...
Delicious in those films, and 'Play It Again Sam' and in 'The Godfather'. Ageing is such a cruel burden for the beautiful woman.
GG
I liked her in Play It Again Sam. In Annie Hall I always felt it was an overdone Katherine Hepburn imitation. In fact of all the Allen movies, though I sometimes enjoy that one I also think it's maybe the most overrated. But it is nice to see a women who can wear a button down...I haven't seen that on a regular basis since the concentrated environment of my college.
Just a gentle bump. Because, yes, in 'The Godfather' and its sequel, no-one could have played it like she did.
Of a more recent vintage, I saw Book Club at the cinema a few years ago. Keaton, Jane Fonda and Andy Garcia.
One of the most torturous experiences of my life.
Youth and beauty frozen in time on celluloid - a cruel trick. She is now virtually unwatchable in latter day offerings. Strange how we all hanker after frozen moments - Newman in Paris Blues, Brando in Streetcar, Gary Cooper in The Fountainhead, Seberg in A Bout De Souffle. All gone, all dust, but kept strangely alive. It's a phenomenon of the modern age, and one I'm not entirely comfortable with, part of our obsession with youth and beauty and the immaturity of our culture which cannot accept the realities of the ageing body and our ultimate oblivion. Sorry for the morbid turn. I mean, she is just delightful in 70s cinema, and she isn't now, and I find it upsetting that we fetishise snapshots. I'm as guilty as anyone.
Sadly, all too true. Even visiting certain shops have this effect on us. Nostalgia can have its uses but it can also be a dangerous thing, distracting us from whatever might lie ahead.
I became captivated by Myrna Loy, by Jean Arthur, by Ruby Keeler. As you say, all gone, all dust. I remember meeting Eunice Gayson and finding myself disappointed that she wasn't a gorgeous, long-legged brunette but a little old lady with a hat and glasses. Stupid. Now she's gone, too.
I have wondered what James Dean might look like now. I guess the fact of how he lived and died ensured that his spell/shadow would endure. When we were eighteen it was him, Clift, Brando that we looked to.
Nothing wrong with a little morbidity now and then. A GP told me I was born melancholy.