Un unforgettable appearance in a very forgettable movie. However, no matter how bad a movie was, Dietrich always added something that can't be penetrated: class and style.
The film "Just a Gigolo" should not be forgotten at all. On the contrary. It shows how a former officer of the imperial army indulged in prostitution in two respects. As an escort as well as a lover of a functionary of the NSDAP. There were a large number of such men in Berlin in the 1920s. There was a surplus of women and many rich widows paid young men money for sex. In the same way, the NSDAP recruited disoriented war returnees and gave them jobs. The film is a kitschy but wonderful picture of the times, a historically interesting interpretation of the question of whether unemployed men prostituted themselves for the NSDAP. David Bowie didn't understand the intention of David Hemmings' film at all at the time and it was very disappointing that he never wanted to defend the basic idea of the story later.
Bowie and Dietrich never met: his part was filmed in Berlin and hers was shot in Paris. They’re never together on screen. Funny that most actors filming in Berlin were not from the city while Dietrich was the only native Berliner, and she was somewhere else.
I saw this in my college years. The audience, not very large for what I recall was the matinee, all perked up when Miss Dietrich came on screen. Very soft focus on her, voice well past her prime, but it was Marlene Dietrich come out of retirement, and that was exciting.
@@adambrocklehurst4211That’s true, Dietrich part was recorded in a Paris hotel after the film was already done. Bowie wanted her in film but she said no at first but then changed her mind after many of his attempts to get her. In one of the interviews Bowie said that he saw Marlene in real life, but that wasn’t truth
@@Arkelk2010there is a backstage photo where Marlene was looking at camera while recording on the internet and a receipt for renting a hotel room, flowers and champagne
I can't beleive how old Bowie got, I mean appearance wise, between this 1978 part and 1983's Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. He is so much younger looking in the late 70s compared to early 80s, say The Serious Moonlight Tour.
Quelle merveille de revoir cette scène jamais oubliée! Le film de David Hemmings visait juste et réussissait une fresque magnifique du milieu élégant berlinois à l'époque de la République de Weimar. Le scénario du film était pratiquement parfait. Il y avait là toute sorte de détails bien notés sur la vie sociale à l'époque. Le comble du raffinement dans les moeurs en connivence avec le comble de la décadence. La richesse extrême de certains en connivence avec la pauvreté frisant la misère des autres, même appartenant à des familles aristocratiques. Or dans le Berlin d'avant-Guerre il y avait le kabarett sombre, et il y avait aussi les salons de danse des grands-hôtels où cette miscellanée de personnages se rencontrait à la recherche d'un bonheur éphémère. Le témoignage d'époque que donnait le film était admirable. Malgré cela, au cours du film on devait surmonter constamment le visage figé et le manque d'expressivité de David Bowie, qui jouait toujours en déça des moindres éxigeances du personnage. Pourtant il tenait bel et bien le rôle central du film. Peut-être n'était-il pas à l'aise dans l'encadrement d'une telle anecdote. Donc il est peut-être difficile d'imaginer de nos jours l'impression extraordinaire que provoquait, sur la fin du film, la scène présente. C'était tout à fait la cerise posée au dernier moment sur l'exquis gâteau Schwarzwald. La surprise en était à renouer avec un énorme icône de toujours, pas moins que Marlène Dietrich, qui était là, assise, exprimant avec douceur des propos courtois avec cette voix déjà affaiblie mais qui était quand même la même voix privilegiée qui avait chanté autrefois des chansons si émouvantes. Le même visage parfait, sans une ride, sous une capeline à la tulle si légère, qui adonnait encore une fois son charme envoûtant, sa classe, son beau regard. Marlène incarnait une comtesse âgée qui n'était pas plus que la maquerelle des jeunes garçons qui exerçaient la prostitution de luxe. Mais cette dernière scène était un coup de cinéma magistral. Le réalisateur a développé un beau talent à seulement imaginer ce scénario, et surtout de convaincre Marlène, déjà si réfractaire à l'époque aux apparitions publiques, d'intervenir dans le film. Il est indéniable que la présence de Marlène rehaussait le film, lui donnant un ton très particulier, à partir du fait que Marlène était justement berlinoise et née à une époque contemporaine à celle que le film évoque. Bref, à titre personnel la possibilité de revoir cette scène a été bouleversante. Je vous remercie de m'avoir octroyé un tel plaisir au moyen de votre partage. Je conserve un certain souvenir du succès assez modéré du film à son époque. Chose étonnante, car l'anecdote comportait dorénavant, de la main de la réalisation artistique, un témoignage social de cette époque historique si particulière.
During this time of history, there was such a thing as elegance. Today when actors try to pretend they’re elegant remind me of school children selling lemonade on the sidewalk.
The film "Just a Gigolo" should not be forgotten at all. On the contrary. It shows how a former officer of the imperial army indulged in prostitution in two respects. As an escort as well as a lover of a functionary of the NSDAP. There were a large number of such men in Berlin in the 1920s. Meeting points were the dance halls of the large luxury hotels. It was all exactly as it is portrayed in this film. In Berlin was a surplus of lonely women after World War I and many rich widows paid young men money for sex. In the same way, the NSDAP recruited disoriented war returnees and gave them jobs , as well as many other right-wing parties that soon disappeared. The film is a kitschy but wonderful picture of the times, a historically interesting interpretation of the question of whether unemployed men prostituted themselves for the NSDAP. David Bowie didn't understand the intention of David Hemmings' film at all at the time and it was very disappointing that he never wanted to defend the basic idea of the story later.
@@teresalehtonen8499 and you were there ... watching their sex ... several decades ago ... dear child ... who failed to catch the sarcasm in my comment ... wow ... are you brain dead...
...... I DON'T Think She should ever have appeared in That film. - Her Daughter said the same; but it seems she needed the money - It seems both Her Husband AND Daughter, endeavored to get her to SAVE MONEY ....... but after so Many Decades; They gave Up! Phil. Liverpool UK 🇬🇧
I mean, when would their paths have crossed? Dietrich spent her final years (end of the 80s) holed up in her apartment, while Madonna's fame just exploded. Dietrich may have thought that it was more conducive for the preservation of her own legend not to meet Madonna or anyone really, because any visitors would have been disappointed in the person she had become with age....
Dietrich was infamous for still giving her opinion on everyone and her notorious phone relationships from the 70s until she died in 1992. She allegedly complimented madge's shows but hated how vulgar and the fact she couldn't sing. ''I played vulgar characters - madonna is vulgar''@@maticbukovac6966
That whole speech coming from somebody who has never even been nominated for the Oscars, you can speak all the languages in the world, but you have never won one award with one of them, so there, checkmate!
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