“I have had to subdue everything”
“Oh God! Oh justice dear to God! Oh light of the sun!”
La Divina discusses her cinematic debut.
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“She would not answer any questions about Greek shipowners!”
“Pasolini did not utilize Maria properly. He tried to make her something that she was not. The film was a failure . . . ” – Zeffirelli.
I’m surprised she’s doing her dialog in English. I guess the whole thing was dubbed (not an unfamiliar practice in Italian cinema, aka Burt Lancaster in “The Leppard” and after all the popularity of “Nine” lately, I find out that Fellini’s films had dialog dubbed in after the filming)
Doesn’t Maria look beautiful in this interview? Pasolini’s Medea is still a very alien experience, worth a view. Like all of Pasolini’s films I’m never sure if I should admire it or take a shower afterwards (Teorema, and especially Salo).
“I wouldn’t know . . ” Maria.
It’s quite possible that, when all was said and done, English was the language she was most comfortable with.
Oh. Perfect. Sorry for being such a queen.
no matter what, she couldn’t do anything wrong! eviva
Oh man! Those “‘I wouldn’t know’s” are so piercing! The woman was born to be dramatic.
Fascinating that they used a prompter for the filming.
Maria behaves like she’s being given some mind controlling kool-aid
every hour. Her Italian interview shows other aspects:
About ten seconds into the clip, I was secretly hoping that La Divina, upon opening the door and surveying her surroundings, would exclaim, “What a dump!”
she was great playing the ‘ Diva”
otherwise a a second rate singer
that knew how it should go ,but\couldn’t .That she gained great fame gave hope to all other 2nd
raters that they matter . The patron
saint of the almost -and the
unfullfilled .