Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent “Away From Her”<\/em><\/p>\n Julie Christie won Best Actress for Away From Her<\/a><\/i> in the New York Film Critics Circle awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n I just saw the film recently at Allison’s DEMAND (wrote about it here<\/a>) … so I’m excited for Christie, I think the recognition is well-deserved – it’s a terrific performance (and Pinsent is KILLER. That face!!).<\/p>\n Here’s a hot photo of Christie in her heyday<\/a>. There was always something quietly centered about her, don’t you think? She seemed to know who she was, or something. I know, who am I to say that – but I’m just talking about her performances. Someone with that kind of beauty – often doesn’t radiate self-knowledge, and calm interior smarts – even if they HAVE these things … It’s like we (and they) cannot see past the surface. Beauty is a strange and disorienting thing. But Christie always seemed to have a hold of herself … there’s a calmness to her, a girlishness too – her smiles in Away From Her<\/i>, the sudden mischievousness of her wide grin – are heartbreaking, because you can see the woman she once was, before the fog descended upon her.<\/p>\n Here’s the blithering post<\/a> I wrote about Don’t Look Now<\/i>, a while back, starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent “Away From Her” Julie Christie won Best Actress for Away From Her in the New York Film Critics Circle awards. I just saw the film recently at Allison’s DEMAND (wrote about it here) … so I’m … Continue reading