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Darling

Julie Christie (Actor), Dirk Bogarde (Actor), John Schlesinger (Director) | Rated: NR (Not Rated) | Format: DVD
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Julie Christie's miracle year of 1965 (she was also in Doctor Zhivago) was capped by a best-actress Oscar® for this sardonic take on Swinging London. Looking about as gorgeous as women get, Christie ascends the ladder of social success, trampling everybody in her path--an ascent that allows writer Frederic Raphael and director John Schlesinger to slash away at the morally bankrupt world that would enable such a person to triumph. Cynics might suggest that Schlesinger's approach, rife with the experiments of New Wave filmmaking, is nearly as empty and showy as the world it describes... which may be why this movie seems more dated than, say, Richard Lester's films from the '60s. Still, with Christie getting generous and suave support from two of the top British stars of the day, Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey, Darling remains a watchable missive from a volatile era. --Robert Horton

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5.0 out of 5 stars Why was Darling edited? Feb 8 2012
By jrmoviebuff
Format:VHS Tape
I remember seeing Darling in a Dallas, Texas "art house theater" in 1965. This theater specialized in uncut European movies that were deemed too risque for main stream movie theaters. I remember a scene in the office boardroom with Lawrence Harvey in which Julie Christie stripped on the long table to try to tempt him to tell her corporate secrets. I am sure I remember seeing it and if memory serves me, it ended with a low shot of Lawrence seen between her legs from the rear. Could someone please tell me if I am right and if so, why was it edited and especially now with more liberal standards? Could I have seen an European version of the film and the one currently on DVD is the American version?
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2.0 out of 5 stars Great transfer but.......... Dec 3 2003
By cinephile
Format:DVD
MGM's new release of DARLING looks beautiful and more pristine than the Criterion Collection's laserdisc edition from 1995. There are no features aside from the (very dated) trailer; commentary from Christie would have been a welcome feature and made this a great one for your collection. The greatest disappointment is in the brief editing within the Parisian brothel sequence: the standard VHS tape that had been floating around for years omitted Christie's nude scene, a couple of shots hinting at oral sex between she and Laurence Harvey, and the brothel sequence. The DVD keeps almost everything in tact except a shot of a man rushing into a room to 'perform' with his cigarette smoking female partner. What you're left watching is a close-up of Julie Christie's shocked face as she stares at a woman smoking. The impact of the scene is gone. Now, the only version of DARLING that is fully intact is the laserdisc from Criterion and late-night showings on TCM. What gives MGM? Are they afraid viewers might not be able to handle such 'shocking' material?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Deserves SIX stars! Oct 12 2001
By Peter Shilpot Freeman
Format:VHS Tape
Darling is like nothing you would see today, this is largely due to its maturity. It is a 'grown-up' film made by adults, about adults for an adult audience.

It is the tale of a very good looking young woman who rides with the wave that her good looks take her on.

Diana Scott (Christie) starts out a care-free young thing, swinging along the streets of mid-sixties London when she is stopped by a reporter and asked if she'd like to make a comment about 'today's youth' for a magazine TV programme. She is so flattered that she falls for the reporter who swiftly leaves his wife for her.

But after a while Julie gets bored and wants to expeience more of what this brave new sixties world has to offer & we the audience travel along with her for the journey...from model to film star to finally capturing the eye of an Italian prince who marries her.She becomes Princess Diana trapped in a palace with only her misery for company.

Julie Christie's character is supposed to be an immoral girl but you can't help but like her. Watching this film is like going on a journey through someone else's life to such a degree that you will forget your own after a while as you follow her around from Paris to Italy,through her various flings,friendships & encounters.No special effects here,Darling is about people. People living in the 'contemporary' world.

The film has dated 'terribly'...that's part of its fascination. It's a mid-sixties time capsule. If you are a fan of or are at all interested in 'sixties London buy this with confidence. It is a privilege to be be able to recommend it to you.

Darling is a witty film. Intelligently made. Superbly shot & edited. I would recommend it to anyone who is studying film, so fluently & deftly is this masterpiece put together.

Filmed in Black & White...not only does Julie Christie look stunning but she rises to every note. She well deserved her Oscar for best actress in 1966.

This is a movie that would interest & entertain even the people who usually would not be drawn to this kind of a theme.

Highly recommended!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Story of a poor little rich girl
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Published on Dec 26 2009 by Kona
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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. Read more
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