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I don't understand
Dec. 31st, 2012 03:09 pmMy dad had a bit of a thing for Bette Davis. She doesn't exert the same sort of fascination for me, but having seen a couple of her films (especially the brilliant All About Eve), I can understand it.
I just finished watching Witness for the Prosecution (and I will, as adjured by the notice at the end of the film, "avoid divulging the ending, for the enjoyment of my friends who have not yet seen the film"), and I confess that I cannot even begin to see what made Marlene Dietrich such a sex symbol. Maybe I'm being unfair and need to see some of her films from the 30s and 40s, but she seems cold, remote, and distant--even when she's being passionate.
I just finished watching Witness for the Prosecution (and I will, as adjured by the notice at the end of the film, "avoid divulging the ending, for the enjoyment of my friends who have not yet seen the film"), and I confess that I cannot even begin to see what made Marlene Dietrich such a sex symbol. Maybe I'm being unfair and need to see some of her films from the 30s and 40s, but she seems cold, remote, and distant--even when she's being passionate.
