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Brigitte Bardot (II)
Ten minutes into Vadim's And God Created Women, it becomes clear. No one else could have played sex-starved Juliette better than Bardot. With sensuality oozing from every pore, and an unbridled appetite for pleasure, the young Juliette shakes up all of St. Tropez, much to the chagrin of her long suffering husband. Not surprisingly, Bardot would become an overnight sensation and the very definition of the South of France.
Poster pin-up beauty aside, she was also known for having caught the attention of French intellectuals, not excluding Simone de Beauvoir who made her the subject of the 1959 essay, "The Lolita Syndrome", in which she described Bardot as the "Locomotive of Women's History". She went on to pronounce her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France.
Today, Bardot continues making waves as a staunch animal welfare activist and outspoken critic on several pertinent issues. She has gone as far as to call vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, "stupid" and a "disgrace to women", evidently deeply troubled by Palin's stance on global warming, gun control and her indifference to the protection of polar bears...
Poster pin-up beauty aside, she was also known for having caught the attention of French intellectuals, not excluding Simone de Beauvoir who made her the subject of the 1959 essay, "The Lolita Syndrome", in which she described Bardot as the "Locomotive of Women's History". She went on to pronounce her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France.
Today, Bardot continues making waves as a staunch animal welfare activist and outspoken critic on several pertinent issues. She has gone as far as to call vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, "stupid" and a "disgrace to women", evidently deeply troubled by Palin's stance on global warming, gun control and her indifference to the protection of polar bears...
And the following lesser-known images of BB in her heyday, courtesy of Life...
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| Cannes, 1953 |
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| Cannes |
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| Shopping in Rome |
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| A young Bardot in 1956 |
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| Bardot watches Pablo Picasso at work in 1956 (Cannes Film Festival) |
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| A scene from En Effeuillant la Marguerite. |
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| Bardot and third husband Gunter Sachs leave Maxim's restaurant in Paris in 1967. |
Monday, November 21, 2011
Natalie Wood
If there was ever a true natural beauty, it was Natalie Wood. One of those effortlessly beautiful girls - the type that wakes up in the morning looking perfectly exquisite. Unlike moi, who needs a good hour of preening to rid myself of the just-been-punched-in-both-eyes look.
The case surrounding her 'accidental drowning' (surely one of the top googled stories of late) is being re-opened after 30 years. Regardless of the outcome, it is tragic that she died so young. In 1981, she famously remarked: "I've always been terrified, still am, of water - dark water or sea water, or river water or whatever."
Here are some touchingly candid, unpublished photos of Wood, as a child and later while shooting films like Splendor in the Grass and Rebel Without A Cause...
All images from LIFE
The case surrounding her 'accidental drowning' (surely one of the top googled stories of late) is being re-opened after 30 years. Regardless of the outcome, it is tragic that she died so young. In 1981, she famously remarked: "I've always been terrified, still am, of water - dark water or sea water, or river water or whatever."
Here are some touchingly candid, unpublished photos of Wood, as a child and later while shooting films like Splendor in the Grass and Rebel Without A Cause...
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| At 6 years old |
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| Note - a photograph of Orson Welles on the piano |
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| Photo by Ralph Crane |
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| With Dennis Hopper and Nick Adams |
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| Reading to Hopper and Adams |
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| Inside a gallery at Warner Bros. |
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| Hopper and Adams in the rafters |
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| Possibly talking to Elvis... |
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| Unrecognized in a skid row eatery, LA |
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| 1960, Beverly Hills |
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| Getting ready for the Academy Awards, 1962 |
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| She was nominated for an Oscar for Splendor in the Grass |
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| With Warren Beatty at the Oscars |
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| 1963, With Steve McQueen |
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| Lighting up with Steve McQueen |
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| With Warren Beatty, 1961 |
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Marisa Berenson
Moving into territory somewhat more escapist - who knew that Marisa Berenson's grandmother was none other than Elsa Schiaparelli - "the Italian-born designer with Medici blood who transformed the fashion landscape with her antics and Surrealist designs." It is well worth reading the Hamish Bowles article about Berenson, describing the highlights of her career and personal escapades, which include being on the receiving end of Andy Warhol's Polaroid flash, and finding herself on a spiritual journey that took her to an ashram with the Beatles in the sixties...
Images from Marisa Berenson: A Life in Pictures (Rizzoli) via Vogue
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