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A serious portrait of a young female bourgeois masochist: Catherine Deneuve in Belle de Jour
Joseph Kessel’s novel Belle de jour, on which the film is based, “is very melodramatic, but very well constructed, and it offered me the chance to translate Séverine’s fantasies into pictorial images as well as to draw a serious … Read More
Katharine Hepburn is Wearing a Tuxedo and Her Own Personality in ”Woman of the Year”
With Woman Of The Year (1942) Katharine Hepburn emerged as the archetype of the strong yet feminine woman, whose battle of the sexes was not really a threat to the status quo, but merely a search for love. The movie, … Read More
Artist Kimia Kline
Today I have the pleasure of presenting artist Kimia Kline, whose beautiful paintings I’ve discovered only recently, but which immediatly captured my eye and interest and gave me the impulse to approach Kimia to share her insights on her wonderful work. Kimia’s paintings have been exhibited in the US … Read More
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Talking Film Costume: Rita Hayworth in “Gilda”
The song Put the Blame on Mame that Rita Hayworth sings twice in Gilda (1946) is a sarcastic apprehension of the way women are considered responsible for the disasters caused by the men who become obsessed with them. There are hardly … Read More
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Romy Schneider: A Portrait
This portrait is one of my favourites of Romy Schneider. It’s by artist Andreas Reimann. It’s called Romy Classic and it’s part of his series Hommage to Romy Schneider: “This face, what I call the ‘Romy Classic’ never let go of me. … Read More
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