Today she is sixty-seven. Still practicing her craft with passion. Drinking the occasional bourbon on the rocks or a whisky sour. Never examining her work once it is complete--she doesn't watch her own films. Living for the story but never, in the words of her most recent director Francois Ozon, being superior to the part. The 2011 Deneuve film La Potiche [The Trophy Wife] is a particularly lovely performance of a coddled and subjugated 1970s business wife who comes out of her shell in a marvelous way. She admires Marilyn Monroe and Carole Lombard and it shows in her ability to [again quoting Ozon] be "very elegant in ridiculous situations". That ability sounds like an Epic triumph. For, at the end of the day, what better description could any Epic hope for?
I hope all will join me today in a tot of bourbon on the rocks to celebrate a truly original and marvelous lady.
Attribution Note: The quotes and photo used above come from thewashingtonpost.com dated today.
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Hear! Hear!
I adore her and always have. In my opinion, most "stars" today just don't "get it" or "have it". xoxo
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