Beautiful but amoral model Diana Scott sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.Beautiful but amoral model Diana Scott sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.Beautiful but amoral model Diana Scott sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.
- Won 3 Oscars
- 17 wins & 8 nominations total
José Luis de Vilallonga
- Prince Cesare della Romita
- (as Jose Luis De Vilallonga)
T.R. Bowen
- Tony Bridges
- (as Trevor Bowen)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe "vox pop" TV interviews conducted by Dirk Bogarde's character with people in the street were all done with genuine members of the public, not actors, and were not scripted.
- GoofsWhen Diana and Robert quarrel and he leaves the apartment they share together, a microphone is visible on the left of the scene.
- Quotes
Diana Scott: Taxi!
Robert Gold: We're not taking a taxi.
Diana Scott: Why not?
Robert Gold: I don't take whores in taxis.
Diana Scott: What do mean?
Robert Gold: That's what you are isn't it? A little whore! Isn't it?
- Alternate versionsThe original UK cinema version was cut by the the BBFC to remove shots of a man wearing a woman's corset and to heavily shorten a scene at a party in Paris where guests watch a couple making love on a hotel bed (the scene was edited to end the scene before the male partner appears). Video versions featured the same print though the cuts were later found and restored for the 2007 Optimum DVD release.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film Review: Julie Christie & John Schlesinger (1967)
Featured review
London in the '60s in all its glory
Julie Christie is "Darling" in this 1965 film directed by John Schlesinger, and also starring Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey. Schlesinger does a beautiful job of showing us '60s London as it was, and yet he managed to make a film that is just as timely now.
Julie Christie is model Diana Scott, a gorgeous, ambitious young woman who moves from man to man without attachment and with the intention of helping her career. She dumps her first husband and breaks up the marriage of a British journalist (Bogarde) and then moves on to a pleasure-seeking advertising executive (Harvey), and finally, marries an Italian prince. It's one of those lives that sounds great - she has beauty, money, men, glamour, travels in the circles of the beautiful people. But she has no emotional attachments, no love, and nothing that she has feels right or is anything she wants. All the external trappings of celebrity, but it's a shell.
A really terrific movie, and I have to agree with the posters whose comments I read that Julie Christie is perfection in every way. Bogarde and Harvey give her excellent support. As an aside, Christie's wardrobe is stunning.
None of the characters are very likable, except perhaps Bogarde, who in spite of leaving his wife and family does truly love Diana.
Despite the cold realities of Darling, we're even more obsessed with celebrity today, which makes the film even more interesting. But when you look at a photo, see someone in a magazine or on the screen, you're only dealing with a persona, not the flesh and blood individual. It's a fantasy. Darling shows the audience what's behind the fantasy - and it's not very pretty.
Julie Christie is model Diana Scott, a gorgeous, ambitious young woman who moves from man to man without attachment and with the intention of helping her career. She dumps her first husband and breaks up the marriage of a British journalist (Bogarde) and then moves on to a pleasure-seeking advertising executive (Harvey), and finally, marries an Italian prince. It's one of those lives that sounds great - she has beauty, money, men, glamour, travels in the circles of the beautiful people. But she has no emotional attachments, no love, and nothing that she has feels right or is anything she wants. All the external trappings of celebrity, but it's a shell.
A really terrific movie, and I have to agree with the posters whose comments I read that Julie Christie is perfection in every way. Bogarde and Harvey give her excellent support. As an aside, Christie's wardrobe is stunning.
None of the characters are very likable, except perhaps Bogarde, who in spite of leaving his wife and family does truly love Diana.
Despite the cold realities of Darling, we're even more obsessed with celebrity today, which makes the film even more interesting. But when you look at a photo, see someone in a magazine or on the screen, you're only dealing with a persona, not the flesh and blood individual. It's a fantasy. Darling shows the audience what's behind the fantasy - and it's not very pretty.
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- Budget
- £400,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $214
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
- Color
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