Justine
The Discreet Charm of George Cukor
December 13, 2013 - January 7, 2014
This intoxicating, rarely screened adaptation of Lawrence Durrell’s beloved novel features an unfamiliar scenery (an incense-heavy, pearl-encrusted Egypt) and an all-star European cast (Anouk Aimée, Anna Karina, Dirk Bogarde, and Philippe Noiret).
This intoxicating, rarely screened adaptation of Lawrence Durrell’s beloved novel—the first in his “Alexandria Quartet”—found Cukor working from the wreckage of a half-finished Joseph Strick project, adapting to unfamiliar scenery (an incense-heavy, pearl-encrusted Egypt, shot on a soundstage and bathed in perpetual magic-hour light) and an all-star European cast (Anouk Aimée—with whom the director was famously at odds—Anna Karina, Dirk Bogarde, and Philippe Noiret). The result is a heady, melancholic tone poem in which the novel’s story is blanketed over by a tapestry of atmospheric effects and mysterious gestures—the kind that linger in memory long after the credits roll.
Justine (1969) | Pers: Anouk Aimee, Michael York, John Vernon, Robert Forster | Dir: George Cukor | Ref: JUS012AM | Photo Credit: [ The Kobal Collection / 20th Century Fox ] | Editorial use only related to cinema, television and personalities. Not for cover use, advertising or fictional works without specific prior agreement
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