darling

Like many, my introduction to Julie Christie was her breakout role in John Schlesinger's "Darling." As a model with a love life in the dumps, Christie managed to carve out a complex performance. It's good, but I think she's an actor who has grown and her work in the '70s, particularly Robert Altman's "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" really established her as incredible force on the screen. Her recent role in Sarah Polley's "Away From Her" has garnered her several awards and favorable reviews. It's a very different Christie performance. Her vulnerable stillness slowly builds as her character is slowly fading away. Christie was a guest last year on Francine Stock's "The Film Programme" and to listen to her talk about her career and how she feels there is a great discontent from her current work and her films of the '60s is bluntly honest, but that openness always been a cornerstone of her remarkable career.

Click here for Julie Christie on The Film Programme.