Samuel LoveContinuing their celebrated Vintage Classics line, StudioCanal have given the Oscar-winning classic Darling its 4K UHD debut. Directed by John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy) and starring Julie Christie in her career-defining role, this 1965 classic is a wonderful time capsule of Swinging Sixties London. Wearing its influences on its sleeve – primarily French New Wave – Darling is a slick, sexy film that offers a timeless satirical look at shallow, superficial people in a shallow, superficial world. With incredible performances – including an Oscar-winning turn from Christie and incredible supporting work from Dirk Bogarde – Darling is a 60s classic that is all the more gorgeous in 4K UHD.
Synopsis
Winner of four BAFTA’s and three Academy Awards® including Best Actress, Darling is the story of Diana Scott (Julie Christie) an ambitious model determined to make it to the top of the London fashion scene. Using her sexuality, she manipulates powerful men, moving from bed to bed on the presumption that fidelity means having only one man in it at a time, opportunistically bending her ambitions to take advantage of whatever (or whoever) the moment offers her, toying with the affections of two older men, played by Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey. In doing so, she eventually becomes a prisoner of the jet-setting lifestyle she once yearned for.
Special Features
- NEW Sofia Coppola on Darling
- NEW Let’s Call It Darling: An Interview with Frederic Raphael
- NEW After a Fashion: Julie Harris’s Costumes for Darling
- NEW Extract from BEHP audio interview with John Schlesinger
- Behind the Scenes stills gallery
- Costume Designs gallery
- Colour stills gallery
- Original Theatrical Trailer
DARLING is available on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD from StudioCanal as part of their Vintage Classics line
