Julie Andrews and Julie Christie: Opposite Personas Vying for Best Actress | 1966 

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31:21 This freaking KILLS me. 1960s film critics were breaking down & scrutinizing individual facial features of FILM ACTRESSES like they were itemizing deductions on their tax returns and somehow left astonished how they came to their boners when apparently the math didn't line up. I mean they really looked down at their finished paragraphs and said to themselves: "Yes, I have done a journalism". Misogyny truly is a force.

Julie Christie's Oscars speech/reaction is one of the most authentic, genuine things i have ever seen

The amount of effort and research you put into your videos are remarkable 👏 Julie Christie is a criminally underrated actress and I'm glad that cinema lovers such as yourself are talking so fondly about her.... Julie Christie is an incredible asset to cinema... Great Job, Be Kind Reward 👍

It’s BIZARRE to me that people didn’t find Julie Andrews beyond beautiful and with classy and elegant style that is still awesome to this day.

Who the fuck looks at Julie Andrews and thinks" ..hmm she's not that pretty"? I have to admit that for years I resisted looking into Julie Christie's work because she beat my favorite Julie, but then I watched "Away From Her" and my God, what a stunning screen presence she is. And that golden outfit must be a Top 3 most stylish acceptance speech looks ever. Gorgeous. Another hit, BKR. Thank you.

I agree with you about the writers criticizing Julie Andrews looks. She was so beautiful, what were they thinking?

It’s interesting to think about the downfall of the “it girl”. They are THE girl of the moment - which ends quicker than one would like. One of the reasons Julie Andrews has survived (alongside her immense talent and iconic voice) is because she is not of the moment.

I’ve been in love with these women for decades. Andrews best work was for Victor Victoria, but there was no stopping Meryl that year, so at least Julie got a golden globe and Oscar nomination for it. Great background on the Christie phenomenon in the mid 60s. It’s generally conceded that she won the Oscar for her big year for Darling and Zhivago. She did some wonderful work in Petulia after her Oscar win which wasn’t covered here. Christie elevates everything she’s in. Her romance with Beatty took the air out of her career for awhile, even though she managed to do fine work still I.e. McCabe, Don’t Look Now, Madding Crowd. I really love her off the mainstream grid films and they’re definitely worth checking out. She hated Hollywood, and after Beatty, met her current husband and got out. She has also said she never aspired to be another Streep, and prefers the quiet life. I love her Oscar fashion sense. The gold pantsuit the night she won, the black and white polka dot mini skirt to present best actor the next year (some people were shocked by it lol). She’s retired now and has memory issues (not Alzheimer’s so she says) but a degenerative condition where she can’t remember a lot from her past. Thank you both Julies for your excellent films!

THAT scene of Julie Christie crying in the hospital in 'Darling'... Once in a while I still think about that scene. She totally deserved her Oscar 😍

OMG this is why i LOVE you and your videos! Because you are so right: as someone who grew up in the 1960s, i remember the excitement that followed Julie Christie in 1965: she started out as the "bad" girl in YOUNG CASSIDY (Jack Cardiff took over direction from John Ford, but Ford served as producer and always claimed that he did get to direct the scenes with Julie Christie, whom he claimed would be a big star), then she got her starring role in DARLING (the critical praise was deafening as she was acclaimed as the embodiment of Swinging London) and then she ended the year in DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (ok, so THE SOUND OF MUSIC was the biggest box office success... but DOCTOR ZHIVAGO was hot on its heels, a HUGE box office success and an epic romance and that damned Lara's Theme was ubiquitous). She was the "It" Girl of 1965, and her win was inevitable (and accepted as such).

I first heard about Julie Christie in the Lord of the Rings audio commentary. John Rhys-Davies said that when Gimli saw Galadriel for the first time, he recalled the time that he himself saw Julie Christie for the first time. That helped him summon up the awe and sparkle in his eyes. ❤

My father was her personal driver in the late 70"s... I was obsessed. She came for dinner at our flat in Hampstead. she was so charming. We had a house in Tintern, and I remember her taking my brother and I to a chicken factory, we stole all these chicklets, like 100?? and took them home and essentially rescued them. She was a fierce vegan. And influenced me to never eat meat again. Still to this day.

After finally, seeing *Darling* for the first time, I owe Julie Christie a huge apology.

As one of the three people alive who has not seen “The Sound of Music,” I am a fan of both Christie and Andrews and am glad that Christie won an Oscar for “Darling.”

Thanks for a very interesting commentary on these two great iconic stars! I'm 75 and was in my teens in the 1960s and became a professional fashion illustrator in NYC so I remember very well the "Swinging 60s and the London look" and went to Carnaby Street in London in the late 60s, very colorful! I think Dr. Zhivago, a gorgeous film is one of the all time great romantic epic films and I saw it six times in a row when it came out! Christie was also wonderful in other period films like Far From the Madding Crowd that has a musical film score that is a masterpiece imho! Both stars are in their 80s now and Christie was interviewed again recently and she stated that she 'hardly remembers who that young girl was" in the 60s referring to herself!! Thankfully, their youthful images and legendary performances are preserved for the ages!

Izzy, let me just say the last days of every month are the best days for me. I can't thank you enough for the work and knowledge you share with us. I've been obsessed about your channel for four years now, and It keeps getting consistently better every month. Thank you!

Julie Christie was artist in residence in the drama school of my college here in Melbourne some time ago, and she was absolutely wonderful. Beautiful and very, very inspiring. This is a great video, you’ve captured so much here!

I love your videos! Super excited for this video - Miss Christie is a REVELATION in Away From Her. It always breaks your heart when she says, "I think I'm beginning to disappear."

No mention of Julie Andrews' 1964 starring title role in "The Americanization of Emily". This definitely carried weight in tandom with her formal 1964 "Mary Poppins" Oscar win. The public and academy voters saw two diverse performances.

I deeply respect the work of both actresses. That said, JA has the staying power of a true superstar.

Everytime you drop an episode, is an event! Another fantastic, well researched and informative episode. You knowledge and insight is unsurpassed! When Americans describe the UK and British culture, there us always a tendency to fall back on lazy clichés and inaccuracies. However, you definitely do not fall into this category! So impressed by this meticulous and thoroughly researched episode which does so much justice not only to both Julies but also accurately reflects and contextualise Swinging London and societal changes that were the backdrop to Christie and Andrews' 1966 Oscar campaign. Bravo from this British fan! Xx

I was grinding my jaw at the comparisons between Julie Andrews and Julie Christie. God, they could just never leave it alone. Women must always be pit against each other. Ugh.

I remember when I was a teenager and Finding Neverland came out and my dad took me to see it, when Julie Christie's character came on screen my dad popped up. He later told me the old mother character was played by one of the biggest, most beautiful actresses from back in the day. I don't know why but that always stuck with me.

Julie Christie's performance in "Away From Her" broke my heart into so many pieces. Sarah Polley landing her and Gordon Pinsent was a true coup and 16 years later it's still remains one of my favourite films. Thanks for this video🥰

I love love love this so much!! I'll never forget how my life was changed when one of my high school teachers showed me Doctor Zhivago and I just immediately fell in love with her entire artistry and aesthetics!!!

Wow! I grew up on Julie Christie films! Fahrenheit 451 and Darling are my favorites. I was lucky my grandma had a copy of Darling on VHS tape for me to discover as a teenager many years ago. I heard she’s Al Pacino’s favorite actress and I get it. May I suggest Karen Black for a future video? She is one of my favorites as well. 💕

Wtf!! Julie was soo striking beautiful. She looks like cinderella to me!!

Chrisrie is my favorite UK actress.Although most of Chinese don't know her,her movies are famous in Chinese movie fans club

Julie Andrews gave me two totally different views of her in my youth. The sweet nanny/nun in the 60s and an actress exposing her full breats in SOB in the 80s; the most iconic scene in the movie.

Well, I'm 36 so I would no longer be considered younger audience. But I remember seeing her for the first time in McCabe & Mrs. Miller. I thought she was phenomenal. and then I saw her in ׳Away From Her׳ and my thoughts about her haven't changed. I will check out Darling tonight though.

To be fair to Andrews I also think that people considering The sound of music the representation of a 'old' femininity are filling in what they EXPECT to see from the movie rather than what's on screen. Compared to Christie's character Maria is certainly more traditional as far as female roles go, but she's also a very vivid, well rounded character: an extremely positive, optimistic, curious girl that doesn't take sh*t neither from the kids nor her employee. The kids start respecting her because she can both be on their game AND call them out on their being nasty. Not only that, despite being basically employed as a nanny she has no problem vehemently saying to her employee what she thinks of him and generally expressing her opinion at every turn. Yes, she ends up being a mother and wife, but it's something she CHOSE, and had a very hard time choosing. Not only that, the movie makes quite a simpathetic portrayal of Captain Von Trapp's girlfriend. Despite falling in the 'evil stepmother/snobby Girlfriend' would have been the easiest route, they don't do it (there is only one line where she talks about I think putting the kids in an institution that I think was really out of character). She's just a woman very clearly infatuated with the Captain who doesn't get along well with the kids merely cause she's not really used to Being with them, not because she's cartoonishly evil or something like that. Not only that, she doesn't even pose a threat to Maria (she convinces her to leave but that was more of an accident than her purposefully wanting to get her out): she sees the man she loves falling for another woman and, when he admits it, she accepts it though heart broken, she doesn't try to do anything neither to the Captain nor Maria to stop their love. Sound of music is definitely an old fashioned movie, especially considering the time it was made, and I agree with some of the criticts cited in this video, especially about the historical frame, but I think it has a lot more of value than some give it credit for.

Nope. She deserved it for Mary Poppins. It was a completely original performance and she did it without any preconceptions based on anyone else’s performance.

I much prefer Mary Poppins to The Sound of Music, and much prefer Julie Andrews' performance as Poppins (though her performance as Maria is great too). Her performance as Poppins is pitch perfect; such control and lack of sentiment, very knowing but also very charming and mysterious, and such precision. I feel it is the best thing she ever did. (I'm also a fan of Victor/Victoria.)

i am in need of comfort at the moment and your content is incredibly comforting to me, watched all of your videos dozens of times. thank you for your content and your passion and hard work you put in for us. ❤

...so we all agree we gotta travel back in time and attack the guys who dissed our beautiful queen Julie Andrews

What can I say? Again, so interesting and so well narrated and edited and created. You never disappoint. PS: The Sound Of Music is basically unknown in Germany. I'm 36 and it was never on TV and not part of our movie or pop culture whatsoever. I've heard of it probably in my early 20s and literally watched it a year ago for the first time.

I’ve heard of Julie Christie in ‘Afterglow’ and ‘Shampoo’ but I never knew that both were contemporaries. That’s cool. So excited to see what we have in store in this video.

Everyone has to see Julie Christie in _The Go-between_ (1971).

My mum was a young woman in London in the 60s and she had a more realistic view. It WAS exciting and optimistic, and the new freedoms were soaking into the young population, but the social issues, tired Victorian slums, and half-ruined buildings had not just vanished between 1961 and 1963. England still had many of the same problems they'd had before the rise of the Mod. However, becoming The Place To Be did help London recover from the war, not at least through a tourism boom.

“I’m an honest, working grrrl!” I have seen Darling only 50 times. SO many memorable tiny moments. Miss Julie’s perf is ferocious. Thx for posting!

Actually, Julie Christie DID spend the Christmas before the Oscars as a house guest of Julie Andrews, where they sang carols and engaged in other Christmas activities. Cheers.

I absolutely love all the videos this channel continues to put out. The research and the planing that goes behind each and everyone of theses videos is outstanding! I particularly appreciate this video, as today happens to be Julie Andrews' 87 birthday. Don't know if that was planned but I love it anyways.

Thank you for the video. I love this!! For modern time viewers like me, we don't really appreciate the work that Christie did, but in another sphere, Christie is an definite icon for her fashion. I leaned a lot!

I’m so mad they described Julie Andrew’s looks this way. 1. That’s so rude 2. They’re dead wrong - she’s perfectly perfect in every way 😂

I think your Oscar-Actress-videos are some of the best content available on youtube. Your masterpiece is the two-part video of the 1962 Best Actress Oscar race covering Anne Bancroft and most of all the feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. But thank you for your recent 1983 Shirley MacLaine and this 1965 Julie-Julie-gem of a video. You do important work as you help rediscover great actresses, their work and most of all the discourses around their public images: Julie Christie is a fascinating and very underappreciated actress and star. Due to her political beliefs and ultra independent project choices, she somehow was made invisible by public discourse: They couldn't handle her indepence, non-confirmity and outspoken-ness. I immediately want to see ,Darling', which I try to find for some years but haven't been able to. It's rarely screened and not the movie you find in your average streaming service. Any tip where I can find it?

I think her anti-heroine character in "McCabe And Mrs. Miller" (no pun intended) is the best Julie Christie role. However, her work in "Shampoo" and "Heaven Can Wait" made me fall madly in love with her. That and her amazing smile. Damn.

I don't even remember what I voted for lol. Excited for this video!!!

Gotta say I yelled, "It's Julie Christie!", when she did that cameo in Troy. What a surprise!!!

Both Julie's were phenoms.There is no question. I have never underestimated Julie Christie who is an icon of creative force and a proponent of modernity and human psychology in film.

No one makes more enjoyable videos about things I really never think about than you do. Yours is a real skill.

The first time I saw Julie Christie was in Afterglow when it came out. She also played Gertrude in Kenneth Barannaghs Hamlet around this time. I was so impressed by her and I still don't get how she is always able to fly under the radar. I've since seen every movie she's done, many of them more than once. For all the movie stars that are overrated I would put her as one of the most underrated.

Thank you for another amazing video - would love to see a ‘Second Best Actress’ about Barbara Stanwyck!

Loved her in Shampoo. Both amazing looks and talent. My all time favorite.

I *loved* Sound of Music as a kid, but I watched it recently and was surprised that I couldn't get into it anymore. I still love the scenery and Julie and the songs, but it just felt saccharine I think.

I've been waiting for this edition the entire time. I love any chance that anyone gets to talk about Julie Christie. The most unique of all personalities in the film industry.

1965 was THE year of Julie Christie. Of course, she won that year. Both of her movies were big hits and garnered a lot of Oscars, including BOTH costume design awards!

Maybe I'm weird, and it doesn't really matter, but I would say Julie Andrews is more "classically beautiful" than Julie Christie. I actually kind of struggle with JC in period films because of how of-her-time she looked. Tangentially, I was surprised she didn't win for Away from Her. Anyway, I also own The Sound of Music in three formats and watched the documentaries. I don't like how the contemporary reviews made it sound like it had dancing Nazis or whatever. The second half is obviously much more serious in tone than the first.

Julie Christie really deserved a Nomination for Heat and Dust (One of Merchant Ivory's Best Films). Julie Andrews being called "Frumpish"...? DISGRACEFUL!!!!!!! That woman wore Dior in The Tamarind Seed and she wore it Beautifully!

Excellent, thorough, well-researched episode -- as always! They do very different types of films so difficult to compare (I love both Julies), but I feel that Julie C is the better actress. She's won three NY Film Critic Awards ("Darling", "Afterglow", "Away From Her"). "Darling" in fact also earned Best Picture and Director from NYFCC. It was definitely of a time, so feels antiquated now - but must have been something to see when new. Another favorite of mine is "Petulia" with George C. Scott. As mentioned in the episode, Julie C got busy with social causes and turned down many parts that others earned accolades for. But I'll take the body of work she has, and have rewatched many of her films. Julie A. is a delight in her many films but I give the edge to Julie C.

She may not have been the first crush of my youth, but she inspired my idea of an ideal --- fresh, modern, free, beautiful and of substance. One second looking into those beautiful eyes made you feel like you could touch her soul.

Elizabeth Hartman in A Patch of Blue would've been such a worthy best actress win.

My dad was in London in 1964 when the Beatles really broke and he also saw James Bond for the first time. He was around 17 at the time and he came home (Australia) and couldn't shut up about both the Beatles and James Bond. It sticks in my mind as a snapshot of the 60's. Julie Christie was also in that mix. Personally I love Julie Andrews and kind of see Christie (even though she was massive) as a flash in the 60's pan and kind of trapped in that time, Whilst Andrews moved through time.

Your clips are so addictive... Thank you for the Big effort of rememoring some of the biggest times in cinema. Hugs from buenos aires!

In this video, you made mention of the romanticized history of the films from this period (Dr Zhivago, Sound of Music), and I think that that phenomenon would be a great topic for a future video. Both Sound of Music and Dr Z go to great lengths to disguise the real horrors of their settings. As we know, Hollywood has a long history of this: From Gone with the Wind, South Pacific, and West Side Story... all the way up to this year's The Woman King. Even Cabaret, which is pretty dark for a musical, glosses over the actual Holocaust. I would love to see someone like yourself do a long-form video addressing Hollywood's countless historical errors, why they do it, and what long-term effect it's had on our collective historical ignorance.

Great job on this video. I loved the British movies of the sixties and adored Julie Christie. She deserved the Oscar!

I like Julie Christie, but there is a good reason why so few people remember her performance in Darling. The film and the performance just simply do not age well. Taken outside of the "mod" culture of the 1960s, Darling somehow comes off as quaint and something from a time capsule. By contrast, Andrews's performance in The Sound of Music is pretty timeless. You can find new generations enjoying her work. The same cannot be said of Darling. Plus I was not really bowled over by Christie's 1960s performance. I think she hit her real stride in the 1970s.

Another stupendous video! That shot of Shelley Winters at the Oscars reminded me that she, too, won an Oscar that evening--her second one--for a Patch of Blue. I hope you do a video on her one of these days. Again, thank you so much!

I love how much I learn or connect when I watch these videos. 🥰

When I was a teenager, I was drawn to British New Wave films. Of course, I read Doctor Zhivago and just fell in love with the 1965 film. I read the book and watch the 1965 film every winter. Julie Christie is more than just an oil infusion of the 60s on screen, she is an artist among celebrities, like Daniel Day-Lewis. I love how you captured her contributions to film and raised her up. She is worth raising up. I thought she deserved her Oscar immensely for the right film. I am glad she is still with us.

One thing about The Sound of Music is that the original stage version is actually kind of boring. Seeing any stage version of The Sound of Music after watching the movie is a bit underwhelming, and aside from the structural changes in moving musical numbers to places that make much more sense (For example, in the stage version, My Favorite Things is sung by Maria and the Mother Superior before she goes off to take care of the kids for some reason?), I honestly think a lot of it is due to Julie Andrews' performance. She adds so much personality to a role that could have been overly saccharine. Her feistiness, her determination, her warmth, and her impeccable comedic timing, in my opinion, are sometimes overlooked because of how much of a powerhouse singer she is (and boy does she sound AMAZING). I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say she's one of the best performers to ever live. Long story short, I think Julie Andrews singlehandedly elevated The Sound of Music, and made it the massive hit and cultural touchstone that it was and still is today. And frankly, the world is better for it.

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I was patiently waiting for mention of Doctor Zhivago and you delivered. ♥

As an older person, I remember the emergence of Julie Christie. In the 60s actresses were beginning to present themselves as the equals of men in terms of freedom and sexuality. I also saw this with Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda and Helen Mirren among many other young actresses of that time. Julie Christie was superb in “Darling” and “Doctor Zhivago”. PS. I’ve seen a lot of films. I have rated over a thousand of them on IMDb. But I have never seen a singing nanny movie. Part of Hollywood in the 1950s and early 1960s became so artificial that I was repulsed by it starting in my teens including with “The Greatest Show On Earth” and “Tom Jones“, two Oscar winners.

This is such great analysis. Julie Andrews did spend the rest of her career running from her nanny persona, and to my mind, she didn't really escape it until "Victor/Victoria," in my opinion her best screen role, directed by her husband, Blake Edwards. He'd tried to help change her image a couple times: in "10" as Dudley Moore's ex-wife, but she was outsexed by Bo Derek; and "SOB" in which she took her top off--much to the horror of her fans. It's interesting that the followup to "The Sound of Music"--with the same production team and director--"Star," in which Andrews played Gertrude Lawrence, was a major flop. I love the film and Andrews in it--but audiences weren't ready to accept her as a hard drinking, sexually promiscuous and temperamental star.

This is another awesomely well-made video; Julie C is one of my absolute fave actors and I've been obsessed with 'Darling' for years. The 60s really were a new era for female Brit actors, and in some ways, Julie C opened the door for subsequent wins for Maggie Smith and Glenda Jackson (also in British indie films). Hope you take a look at Glenda Jackson in one of your vids one day. :)

Could my love for this channel get any stronger? Such an excellent breakdown of Julie Christie, a brilliant actress modern audiences unfortunately don’t know enough about. Darling remains a mesmerizing portrait of ambition, narcissism, and alienation. Perhaps even more vital to the vibes of this century. A true testament to Christie’s electrifying performance. Keep creating these amazing, informative videos; they always provoke thoughts & brighten moods ❤

Mary Poppins is far superior to the sound of music... The music is better, the plot is better and the children are better.

Can we just state for the record that Julie Andrews is absolutely beautiful

Ironically, Andrews tried to shrug off her oh so clean image later on, but by that time it was too late. Wholesome image was written in stone. The nanny held on.

Anyone else livid listening to those descriptions of Julie Andrews? I was looking round for somebody to punch.

God I find Julie Christie fascinating, and the explanation of her career trajectory made her taking on the role of Susan in ‘Demon Seed’ make sense. Should you ever want to branch out to Saturn Awards nominees, that’d be a great video 😂

Personally, I felt like Julie Andrews deserved an Oscar for her role in Aquaman. But that's just me.

You constantly raise the bar, another great video, analyzing these two marvelous stars.

Hi I loved your channel for years now and I loved your concept about the cinema of Dolly Parton and I thought it would be a great idea to do more on singers turned actresses such as Diana Ross,Cher,Beyoncé,Queen Latifah or Lady Gaga other I feel like you would be the best authority on discussing the phenomenon of female musicians turned actresses

Julie Christie has been one of my 'major crushes' for years. Years ago whilst working in West London I actually asked her out on a date; it was the nicest most gracious refusal I've ever had.

OMG do I love Julie Christie she has been in a way more sustaining in British culture and movies etc then Julie Andrews, however, one thing that Julie Christie doesn't have and basically no one on the planet that h as acted has is Julie Andrews voice. So massively underrated. Basically no one could have done what Julie Andrews did in the sound of music as fantastically as she did. No one had that kind of musical talent. She wasn't just an actress she was basically one of the best public singers of the 20th century. It's hard to compare with That voice. Somehow we seem to forget she didn't just act her ass off, she sang better than anyone could have in that role.

The cultural footprint of films may be more related to what was available/deemed appropriate to the broadcast television in the 1980s-90s. I worry that this bolsters the distorted view of the past as more innocent/naive, "no one was talking about..." that seeking out the more "adult"/harder to come across on cable films is necessary to combat that strain of revisionism. Thanks for this video. I've never seen *Darling*, but I like Christie in other films and this was great. Also those comments one Andrews appearance were just mean. Yikes!

Kudos for pronouncing Yorkshire correctly, believe me as an English person it’s greatly appreciated. It’s the little things, brilliant video as always, Julie Christie is iconic especially the image of her in the black sequin dress and fantastic haircut in Shampoo.

I have never clicked so quickly - THANK YOU for giving my Julies the attention they need, especially Julie Christie!

(at 39 minutes, RIP Shirley Eder, interviewing Julie Christie, notable female entertainment reporter who was based in Detroit)

I must have accidentally dreamwalked in from a different universe, because I could have sworn that Christie had never won an Oscar. Like, I thought she was one of the people who'd been nominated the most without having won.

OMG thank you so much for talk about Julie Christie 🖤 you are my favorite youtuber EVER 🖤

I would like to hear your take on Belle de jour with Catherine Deneuve… My personal favorite movie of all time💋

"The Sound of Zhivago" was the og "Barbenheimer"

My jaw dropped. Julie Andrews, real life princess, real life embodiment of the picture perfect Disney face? Jeez what were they looking at

Not only is Julie CHRISTIE attractive and sexy and charming and more... but most importantly, she is one of the best - if not THE BEST - British actress...... Julie ANDREWS is a decent actress, a charmer and an excellent singer, BUT she is not even in the same league !!

Darling is BY FAR a better movie than not only the Sound of music but almost any other movie that Andrews did. The point is that Andrews had that household sweet charisma that made and still makes her a true star. And even if Christie is a better screen actress or has a better filmography, Andrews still had that something that draw audiences to her.

Julie Andrews should have won the Oscar period!