I remember when she made the comment about "ZIONIST HOODLUMS" during
the Oscars. This was the first time a major entertainment figure had
made a pro-Palestinian statement at a big Hollywood event. It
bothered me at the time, but I got over it. She seems to have toned
down the anti-Semitic rhetoric since the incident.
Channing
On Mar 25, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Franc wrote:
The one thing I do remember is that in London they took her comments
to be very offensive and they boycotted a show she was doing with
her sister Lynn, which had received terrific reviews and something
with which Lynn was hoping to revive her theatrical career. Lynn was
totally pissed at Vanessa for being so out-spoken and causing
attendance at their West End Show to nose dive and Lynn was
extremely vocal about this. FRANC
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Subject: Re: [MOPO] Vanessa Redgrave's controversy at the Oscars-- a
link to the story
Hi Joe,
I thought she had been blacklisted, but didn't follow her career. I
also thought it was just part of the discussion, and was NOT making
a political comment. I was being curious. IMO, my comment had
nothing to do with Toochis' remarks, and very rarely do.
Andrea
On Mar 25, 2009, at 12:52 PM, Joseph Bonelli wrote:
Hi, Andrea, et. al., from Joe B in NOLA
As you've brought up the most controversial moment from Vanessa
Redgrave's career, I think that the story needs to be posted.
Here's the story-- albeit in a not-completely-objective article:
http://www.super70s.com/super70s/Movies/1977/Redgrave_Zionism_Speech.asp
Whether or not one agrees with Redgrave's politics on the matter of
a Palestinian homeland, the facts are clear: Vanessa did not make
a "nasty comment about Jews." She decried the demonstrations outside.
I remember the show vividly and the story, though not objectively,
reports what was said accurately.
Joe
PS-- Once again, I repeat Toochis' admonishment to drop political
discussions on MOPO. I agree and only posted this to get the facts
down in reference to the Redgrave Oscar speech.
Joe
--- On Wed, 3/25/09, Andrea Kanter <eccen...@mac.com> wrote:
From: Andrea Kanter <eccen...@mac.com>
Subject: [MOPO] Vanessa Redgrave
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 9:01 AM
From: ANDREA KANTER <andreakan...@mac.com>
Date: March 25, 2009 8:17:20 AM EDT
To: David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>
Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: The Ravishing/Stunning Vanessa Redgrave
I worked the Academy Awards 'satellite' at Studio 54 in the late
70's. The awards were simulcast there. One of the Redgrave
sisters made a nasty remark about Jews during her camera-time that
silenced Studio 54 and, I assume, the room she was in in
Hollywood. After that, I rarely saw her. I believe it was
Vanessa. Does anyone know?
Andrea
On Mar 25, 2009, at 5:08 AM, David Kusumoto wrote:
** 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
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