{"id":44066,"date":"2019-07-22T13:25:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T20:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44066"},"modified":"2021-01-24T01:43:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T08:43:25","slug":"marlene-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44066","title":{"rendered":"Marlene (1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I was an actress, I made my films &#8212; that&#8217;s it!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Marlene-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Marlene-Poster-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Marlene-Poster-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Marlene-Poster-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Marlene-Poster.jpg 679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\n81-year-old Marlene Dietrich shares memories from her past with former co-star Maximilian Schell, while refusing to be photographed.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Documentary<\/li>\n<li>Marlene Dietrich Films<\/li>\n<li>Maximilian Schell Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nClassic movie buffs will surely delight in this most unusual interview between Maximilian Schell and octogenarian Marlene Dietrich, made under the strictest of conditions: that Schell would get only 40 hours of her time, and that her current image would never be shown on film. The result is a vibrant and creative &#8212; if at times necessarily constrained &#8212; walk back through memory lane with Dietrich, who reveals herself to be simultaneously cantankerous (&#8220;&#8216;Falling in love again&#8230;&#8217; I mean, really! It&#8217;s ridiculous&#8221;), obstinate (&#8220;It&#8217;s all in my book&#8221;), humble (&#8220;I didn&#8217;t understand anything in those days&#8221;), self-effacing (&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t erotic at all &#8212; I was snobby!&#8221;), mysterious (&#8220;What&#8217;s true is that what you read is untrue&#8221;), reflective (&#8220;I&#8217;ve never actually felt at home in any one place&#8221;), admirable (&#8220;Naturally we were against the Nazis; of course we were&#8221;), dismissive (&#8220;Do you think I&#8217;d go and sit in some sad, stuffy old cinema and watch an old film?&#8221;), bitchy (&#8220;I don&#8217;t call them women. I call them females. They can&#8217;t think clearly&#8221;), clear-headed (&#8220;You can&#8217;t miss what you&#8217;ve never had&#8221;), mendacious (she claims she had no siblings), and opinionated (&#8220;You can&#8217;t use that &#8212; really, you can&#8217;t&#8221;), among many other qualities. It&#8217;s well worth a listen.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A creative rendering of a life recounted<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Marlene-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Marlene-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Marlene-Still.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Marlene-Still-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Marlene-Still-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a fascinating if fragmented glimpse into Dietrich&#8217;s storied life. Listed as a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0085905\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/2017\/05\/30\/marlene-dietrich-doesnt-appear-in-her-own-documentary-but-her-rage-does\/\">Village Voice Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/style\/longterm\/movies\/videos\/marlenenrkempley_a0caae.htm\">Washington Post Review (Rita Kempley)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/style\/longterm\/movies\/videos\/marlenenrhowe_a0b0ac.htm\">Washington Post Review (Desson Howe)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1986\/09\/21\/movies\/film-festival-marlene-maximilian-schell-s-documentary-about-dietrich.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I was an actress, I made my films &#8212; that&#8217;s it!&#8221; Synopsis: 81-year-old Marlene Dietrich shares memories from her past with former co-star Maximilian Schell, while refusing to be photographed. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Documentary Marlene Dietrich Films Maximilian Schell Films Review: Classic movie buffs will surely delight in this most unusual interview between Maximilian Schell and octogenarian Marlene Dietrich, made under the strictest of conditions: that Schell would get only 40 hours of her time, and that her&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44066\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44066"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65534,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44066\/revisions\/65534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}