Darling

film by Schlesinger [1965]

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discussed in biography

  • Schlesinger, John
    In John Schlesinger: British films

    …moved to centre stage for Darling (1965), a corrosive portrait of an amoral woman who changes professions (model, actress, countess) as often as she changes lovers. Although some critics found her performance stilted, Christie won an Academy Award for best actress, and Frederic Raphael won the award for his screenplay,…

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Oscars to Christie for best actress and Raphael for best original screenplay, 1965

    role of Christie

    • Julie Christie, 2008.
      In Julie Christie

      …self-destructive fashion model in Schlesinger’s Darling. That same year she appeared as the romantic heroine Lara in David Lean’s enormously successful screen adaptation of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago. She played dual roles in director François Truffaut’s production of Ray Bradbury’s

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