The Importance of Posture and Gesture for the Performer in Relation to Greta Garbo From Camille
Camille, created in 1936, is universally acknowledged as one of the
most romantically atmospheric productions of al time.
The film begins with the scene being set as we are shown “the gay
half-world of Paris, the gentlemen of the day met the girls of the
moment at certain theatres, balls and gambling clubs, where the code
was discretion - - but the game was romance. This is the story of one
of those pretty creatures who lived on the quicksand’s of popularity -
- Marguerite Gautier, who brightened her wit with champagne - and
sometimes her eyes with tears.”
“Camille” tells the story of a beautiful but fatefully ill French
courtesan named Marguerite Gautier and her love affair with the
handsome young Armand Duval in 1840's Paris.
Greta Garbo gives a compelling performance of a courtesan, ensnared
within a materialistic world in which contentment and love seem out of
her grasp. Ironically, when she falls in love and begins to build a
new life, we discover that it is as tragically delicate as the flowers
that resemble her so perfectly. We observe an irony in the way that
she is dependant on the favours of rich admirers to maintain her
expensive lavish lifestyle, she can have everything, but love becomes
the only luxury that she cannot afford. She can barely afford these
luxuries “…but I want them”.
As the first scene begins, we are presented with a horse drawn
carriage that stops before a Parisian flower shop. The proprietress of
the establishment hurriedly gathers a beautiful bouquet of camellias
and presents them to the outstretch...
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...isputably one of Greta Garbo's touchstone
accomplishments. Her beauty and talent transcend throughout the film.
It is through her gestures and her postures, her face and her
expression and through her undisputable flair on screen, that we are
fortunate enough to experience Great Garbo in one of her most
stunningly famous and unforgettably flawless performances, within
“Camille”.
Bibliography
§ How Movies Work ; Bruce Kawin, 1992, University of California Press
Websites
§ www.imdb.com/name/nm0001256/ - 39k – Greta Garbo
§ www.filmsite.org/cami2.html - 26k - 13 Nov 2004 – Camille 1936
§ www.crazy4cinema.com/Review/FilmsC/f_camille.html - Camille
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