I thought you weren't allowed attachments on MoPo? Oos, this is my third MoPo post of the day (at 7:18 AM), so I guess I am finished until tomorrow. I wouldn't want the MoPo thought police to come after me!
Bruce On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:15 AM, allen day <aday_5...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm not sure if this has been typed before, but many, many thanks for > including available pics. > > Remarkable photo. > > ad > > > --- On *Wed, 3/25/09, David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>* wrote: > > From: David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com> > Subject: [MOPO] OT: The Ravishing/Stunning Vanessa Redgrave > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 5:08 AM > > > *** Every once in awhile, I'll read a news story that *sends me off > looking in wildly different directions, researching names and back-stories, > etc. > > *** Well, the other day, in the aftermath of the tragic death of Natasha > Richardson, I started thinking of her mother, Vanessa Redgrave.* The day > before Natasha died, we coincidentally sat down to re-watch Vanessa's 2007 > performance in "Atonement," the wonderful film adaptation of Ian McEwan's > 2001 British novel that covers the impact of a childhood lie on three people > from its beginnings in 1935 -- to the present day. She's only in the last > 10 minutes, but she steals the picture with her horrifying confession. > > *** Most Generation X'ers, Y'ers and New Millennials know little to > nothing about Vanessa Redgrave -- *who since the 1970s, has been relegated > to supporting character roles in films -- occasionally broken up by a lead > role on stage, e.g., her recent appearance in the short-run Broadway > adaptation of Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking," a memoir which > won the National Book Award that covers Didion's clinical observations and > detachment -- dealing with the sudden loss of husband John Gregory Dunne and > the impending loss of her daughter Quintana -- in a horrific span of about > 18 months. > > *** Paging through Vanessa's life, I was reminded what a ravishing beauty > she was,* a stunning actress who made a big splash in art films like > "Blow-Up," "Morgan!" and "Isadora" -- the latter two for which she received > Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. *But the image of Vanessa > that sticks in my head is NOT the one more commonly seen in Antonioni's > "Blow Up."* No, it's the image of a naked Vanessa on the very affordable > one-sheet from from the lesser-known film directed by Karel Reisz, * > "Isadora,"* later edited and re-titled, *"The Loves of Isadora,"* the > bio-pic about dancer Isadora Duncan. (Which almost eerily -- and > coincidentally -- also offered this week by Bruce Hershenson, closing later > tonight on his website.) > > *** I've always been curious about the origin of the photo used on that > poster* because it's not in the film (though the free-love sexual behavior > of her character is on full display). Well, yesterday, I read an AP story > about a photo to be auctioned March 30th by Sotheby's purporting to be the > earliest known image of lower Manhattan. The photo is dull and > unremarkable. *But while browsing the sale, I came across the same PHOTO > of Vanessa Redgrave (age 30) that was used on the "Isadora" one-sheet -- > struck from the original 1967 negative shot by photographer Victor > Skrebneski.* > > *** Below is the web-hosted image of the poster on Bruce's website. Below > that -- is the absolutely stunning (to me) original black-and-white image of > Vanessa being offered by Sotheby's. Equally stunning? Sotheby's has tagged > a pre-sale estimate on this photo of $8,000-$12,000.* > > > http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=1353787 > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
