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| ACTORS: | Dirk Bogarde, Julie Christie |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | John Schlesinger |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 03 August, 1965 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616899545 |
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Customer Reviews of Darling
unforgettable psychological drama Julie Christie gives an acclaimed Oscar-winning performance as ambitious, bed-hopping young model Diana Scott in John Schlesinger's DARLING, an unforgettable psychological drama.
Diana Scott bullies, bluffs and beds her way to "success" only to find life at the top of the heap empty and unfulfilling.
She begins her rapid climb with married reporter Robert Gold (Dirk Bogarde - MODESTY BLAISE, SO LONG AT THE FAIR), only to dump him for sharp businessman Miles Brand (Laurence Harvey - BUTTERFIELD 8). She abandons him for a carefree life with her gay photographer, before settling for the Italian Prince. Diana at first revels in her success before realizing that the Prince will always put his country before private life. Confused and angry, Diana returns to England and to Robert, but he pushes her away and sends her back to her self-made prison in Italy.
DARLING candidly depicts the crazed and debauched lifestyle led by many in Britain in the 60's. At first shockingly controversial, the film was nominated for Best Picture in 1965.
Stylish, Yet Poignant
Her name isn't Darling, but that's what they call her. She doesn't mind, just as long as they call her--men, that is--for dates, for jobs, whatever. John Schlesinger's second film with Julie Christie (after her notable cameo as Tom Courtenay's dream girl in Billy Liar) put them both on the map--and won Christie the Oscar as social-climbing model/actress, Diana Scott. It's a stylish, yet poignant tale (also deservedly snagging an Oscar for best costume design); of its time, yet timeless--and the parallels between Diana and real life royals, Princesses Grace and that other Diana only add to the poignancy. Christie's brilliance aside, the contributions of Dirk Bogarde (The Servant) and Laurence Harvey (The Manchurian Candidate)--two other leading lights of swinging sixties British cinema--should not be overlooked. Harvey has rarely been more cool and callous, Bogarde rarely more vulnerable and human. Diana uses one man and is used by the other, only to give up her playgirl lifestyle for something brighter, shinier--and altogether emptier. Darling represents the peak of the Schlesinger-Christie pairings and is one of the finest films of the 1960s.
Cutting out the charm and character...
This MGM Home Video version of Darling (#1005693) is not a full version of the film. It was enjoyable but rings of media puritanism. A number of defining scenes, albe-them mildly risque, are missing. This is cultural and historical bleaching. We must discourage companies from ruining films. Do not buy it. I am now out the money and looking for the full version on DVD.