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Article: THE UNREALITY OF RITA BY PATRICK GILES.(Rita Hayworth)(Brief Article)
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- Interview
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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CAN WE STILL LIVE IN DREAMS?
Today's movie screens are filled with new and improved women characters, freer of stereotypes than ever, impressive in their verity and vividness. But just take a look at Rita Hayworth--the flawless '40s film star--and you'll find what's missing in many contemporary movies. Fantasy. Hayworth's skin glows, her eyes beam with pleasure, her hair spills around her face like a river of luxury--it was impossible not to look at her, or long to know her, or want to be like her. We experience Hayworth as more than a person: she's an invitation to dream. Such fantasy was the most potent ...