TV and Movies

[alliswell]

Wow, thanks @Pearlee, I will definitely check it out.  

[Frankie_Dee]

Thanks for the recommendation, Pearley. Somehow this slipped past my radar. I was impressed with the entire movie, but especially the end when Maria reminisces in her childhood home. Very powerful. 

[CatsyCline]

@Pearlee  Maria Altmann and her family were Austrian,  from Vienna.  

  Adele's husband commissioned Gustav Klimt to paint Adele when she was 25

this is Adele along with Klimt's  Woman in Gold painting of her . more photos and history : http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/woman-in-gold/

Maria standing with the Woman in Gold painting

[Pearlee]

@CatsyCline  Thanks but yes, I was reminded she was Austrlian as soon as I watched the film again on TV last night, and I think you posted part of some of what was in links I posted, but yes, I'd seen that info while Googling last night.  Thanks though.

[CatsyCline]

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@Pearlee wrote:

@CatsyCline  Thanks but yes, I was reminded she was Austrlian as soon as I watched the film again on TV last night, and I think you posted part of some of what was in links I posted, but yes, I'd seen that info while Googling last night.  Thanks though.

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i posted that link for a few additional details about the film for anyone else interested in the story :-)

[Pearlee]

@CatsyCline  OH!    Since you posted @Pearley  I thought you were addressing me.

[Pearlee]

This is really interesting -- the actor who plays Maria's young husband, the opera singer, is the son of actor Jeremy Irons (an excellent actor whom I've always liked):

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1796057/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

[Pearlee]

This is an excellent film.  I just watched it a few days ago - it's been showing on Showtime (again).

[LilacTree]

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@ashleigh dupray wrote:

@Pearlee  Maria Altmann and her family were Austrian,  from Vienna.  

  Adele's husband commissioned Gustav Klimt to paint Adele when she was 25

this is Adele along with Klimt's  Woman in Gold painting of her . more photos and history : http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/woman-in-gold/

Maria standing with the Woman in Gold painting

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@CatsyCline

I will have to see this movie now.  Gustav Klimt is my number one favorite classic artist.  I have several of his prints, including "The Kiss," a large segment of his "Tree of Life," and smaller segments of his later works which were in "The Kiss" and "Tree of Life" frieze styles.  His earlier works don't get shown much, like "The Opera," which is unbelievably detailed and I believe every bit as miraculous as Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel.  I have a large coffee table book of his works.

I am familiar with "Woman in Gold" but never knew the history of it which sounds fascinating.  I do not own a print of that one.

[Greeneyedlady21]

I saw that one in a theater when it first came out, I thought it was very good too. I love Helen Mirren.