![]() ![]() Some other titles this seemed to have happen to are YOUNG WINSTON, NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA, MONTECARLO OR BUST (the other "Great Race" movie), STAR!, MAROONED, FINIANS RAINBOW, ON A CLEAR DAY, DARLING LILI.all presented in 70mm as souvenir ticket presentations in luxury cinemas of the time and then.rarely revived or screened but also never forgotten, because so many people apparently saw them and remember them from this one major release. ISADORA is one of those exquisitely produced big studio films of the late 60s that had a major release for 3 months and then vanished off the face of the earth forever. ![]() Jason Robards is seen as Paris Singer, the American heir that fell in love with the dancer, but didn't seem to have much in common with her. Vanessa Redgrave at the height of her beauty was magnificent in her interpretation of the troubled Isadora. The most famous one was Paris Singer, the son of an American millionaire which ended tragically as their son and her daughter with another man drowned, something that weighed heavily on this tormented woman. She had no luck with anyone of her lovers. Another thing that is clearly evident in the movie is the unhappy life of Isadora. Redgrave's renditions of works created by the famous artist. ![]() One thing comes across: she was a woman ahead of her time! Her disregard for classical dance made her famous, although as shown in the film, one wonders what liberties the filmmakers took in Ms. The biopic, directed by Karel Reisz, follows aspects of Ms. The main attraction is Vanessa Redgrave's take in the subject matter. The opportunity to watch it again came when it was shown on a cable network recently. "Isadora", which came out in 1968, came and went without much fanfare. The bigger than life Isadora Duncan, a dancing legend, is the focus of this film. ![]()
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