Thanks, Rich. She could also very easily have become a recluse. Or
changed countries. I had no idea, but I thank you. :)
Andrea
On Mar 25, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
she did indeed get blacklisted for a time as an anti semite
At 09:58 AM 3/25/2009, Andrea Kanter wrote:
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 <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Andrea Kanter <[email protected]>
Subject: [MOPO] Vanessa Redgrave
To: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 9:01 AM
From: ANDREA KANTER < [email protected]>
Date: March 25, 2009 8:17:20 AM EDT
To: David Kusumoto < [email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
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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