Isadora

Isadora Duncan: Movement From The Soul This unsentimental portrait of the complex and charismatic "Mother of Modern Dance" traces the life and artistic development of San Francisco-born Isadora Duncan (1877-1927).Duncan raised dance from mere vaudeville entertainment to a legitimate art form, laying the foundation for...	My Life Fabulous is the only adjective that comes close to doing justice to Isadora Duncan (1878-1927). Her awesomely self-assured autobiography depicts a woman who while still in her teens tells an eminent theatrical manager (from whom she desperately needs a job), "I have discovered th...	Julia Part of the late-'70s wave of films about strong women (as if none had existed before that), Julia starred Jane Fonda as writer Lillian Hellman in a story based on some of Hellman's own writings. The stronger woman here is the title character (Vanessa Redgrave), a socially active...	Isadora: A Sensational Life It's a bit of a stretch to suggest, as Peter Kurth does in his biography of the expatriate artist, that Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) single-handedly invented modern dance, a claim that Vaslav Nijinsky and George Balanchine, among others, would almost certainly contest. But Kurth...	Isadora Speaks: Writings & Speeches Of Isadora Duncan This outstanding collection of the great dancer's heretofore uncollected writings and speeches gives us a vivid new perception of her importance as an original and radical thinker. Starting with reminiscences of her San Francisco childhood, Isadora Speaks features her outspoken...
Dancing in the Light: Six Dance Compositions By African American Choreographers / Asadata Dafora, Katherine Dunham, Pearl Primus, Talley Beatty, Donald McKayle, Bill T. Jones The American Dance Festival presents Dancing in the Light, a one-hour modern dance television program showcasing 6 historic dance compositions by African American choreographers. All of the dances were originally recorded for the Emmy Award-winning series Free to Dance, a three...	Turning Point Mikhail Baryshnikov made his film debut in this lightweight but entertaining drama about the relationship between a renowned ballerina (Anne Bancroft) and the woman (Shirley MacLaine) who had trained with her but had given up dance to become a wife, mother, and teacher. Between M...	Anne of the Thousand Days / Mary, Queen of Scots Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/18/2007	Spy Who Came in from the Cold - Criterion Collection Alec leamas is a spy whose hesitant but deeply felt relationship with a beautiful librarian puts what he hopes will be his last assignment in east germany in jeopardy. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 11/25/2008 Starring: Richard Burton Claire Bloom Run time: 112 min...	Done into Dance: Isadora Duncan in America The larger-than-life story of an American dance icon.

Well done semi-bio of Isadora Duncan who I never heard of
before I saw this movie. And talk about type casting, Vanessa Redgrave is perfect as Izzy. She's just as dizzy. Izzy and her family were quite the bull chip artists. And these free spirit moms that don't think its necessary to marry the father of their offspring are the most selfish cows on the face of this miserable planet. Oh well at least she got preggy by wealthy men.But, it's the children who suffer. The movie was entertaining and Vanessa did a good job capturing the era. enjoy!

One of the great films and one of the greatest perfomances
Karel Reisz's direction is superb, and Vanessa Redgrave's performance as Isadora Duncan is one of the greatest performances ever filmed. A brilliant and deeply soul-satisfying movie about a pioneer of awareness - yes I said awareness (in addition to the art of dance).

A Film Not To Be Forgotten
I first saw this film with my mother when I was about 11 or 12. This film, aside from sometimes drawn out dance sequences, was a captivating portrayal of Ms. Duncan. Her vigor for life and disregard for anyone's objections was potrayed beautifully by one of the most talented actors of our time. When you watch it's like you go along for the sporatic emotional rollercoaster that Duncan goes through. One minute she's elated, next she's moved to tears, and finally alcohol induced exhaustion. I loved it... I'd hate to see it disappear! Redgrave's performance related to me at 12 and still at 23. I have it on vhs and want the dvd!

Vanessa Redgrave is Simply Great in Isadora!
Only one person can play Isadora Duncan and be successful at it and that's Vanessa Redgrave. She played every range of emotion one could possibly play and was just hypnotic...I guess that's why she received an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe nomination (to name a few) and won the Cannes (to name a few). I've seen Vivian Pickles in Isadora and she's good, but I saw more spark from Redgrave, incidentally I saw Vivian's performance of Duncan before Redgrave's. Ken Russell is a great film maker, but this was his warming up film I suppose. His greatest is, of course, The Devil's (which also stars Vanessa Redgrave). Redgrave has many scenes in which she show cases that she was the deserve win for Oscar, or at least tie with Kate Hepburn who was also marvelous that year. I purchased a book recently on the Oscars and they had an article that said that 1968 was a hard year to decide what films should be nominated and in their list of what films were runner-ups, Isadora was in it. The best three scenes would have to be: The Russian Dance, the scenes with "the Frog prince", and the final scene (Believe me there are more!). Isadora has the most unexpected end that your mouth will be wide open even after the credits have stopped (providing you don't know much about Duncan, then your mouth will be open until the credits appear.)

A Tour De Force Performance by Vanessa Redgrave
I love Vanessa Redgrave and her ability to perform and bring to life, the late and beloved and controversial dancer, Isadora Duncan. Her relationships with men were quite interesting with Isaac Singer of the Sewing machine empire and the Russian. Vanessa manages to capture the role so superbly that the time flies by so fast. It would have been nice to see Dame Ellen Terry who was the grandmother to her two children in the film but sadly the life of Isadora Duncan was met with tragedy. American actress Cynthia Harris better known for playing Helen Hunt's mother on Mad About You has a supporting role.