Natalie Clifford Barney - 1966
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- This is a rare television interview with the author Natalie Clifford Barney. Filmed in 1966 at her home in the Latin Quarter of Paris, she talks about her life and the great writers and personalities she met and entertained in her salon.
Transmitted in 1966 as part of Second Release on BBC 2. This is a rare piece of film, a time machine introducing you to an extraordinary woman. Natalie Clifford Barney, American railroad heiress and literary hostess living in Paris, whose Friday evening salons were famous in the 1920s and 30s. You can read more here: tristrampowell....
Nice yet heavily self-censored...there was so much more to her salon than they dared to discuss in the sixties...
Natalie Clifford Barney had one long and extraordinary life. She is long overdue for rediscovery.
She is fascinating. Totally fascinating. When I was reading from her biography, I couldn't help but have a lump in my throat when the author writes about her death, despite knowing she was far from being an angel - she was literally so free she could sometimes be cruel, especially to her lovers. And yet you can't help but admire her. Total freedom, yet a strong "no nonsense" attitude. The way she doesn't let the interviewer interrupt her is priceless. I can't imagine myself even TRYING to interrupt her.
i regret so much we have no film, no recording of Renée Vivien who died to earlier to let traces of her in the audiovisual archives.... It's an incredible loss for female writing !
Absolutely! But I'm not sure she would have agreed to do interviews, she was an introvert to the bone.
My mother died in the same year that this interview took place. I'm sure she knew of and admired Natalie Barney. I have so many regrets- not taking more interest in the things my mother tried to share and impart with me. Too late. I'm 84 and ready to listen. Ironic.
Your presence in this comments section is the exact proof it's never too late. You may be 84-years-old but your curiosity is very much there.
What a formidable woman. Even in her 90's she's a commanding presence.
Why nobody have not made a film about Nathalie Barney ? ... I can not understand
+Tito Time hAhaha! They surely will make a book of u
+Tito Time Marvellous
Tout simplement, Ils ont peur de la vérité!
Tito Time because they think people won't watch a movie about lesbians?
I'm sure it's not that,
Because today have been made many
successful movies and series of lesbian themes
It is probable that Barney's life is very thick
To get a quick script
So it will take time to do.
But I am sure that in the not too distant future,
Someone will do a movie about Barney
And maybe not a only movie, may that a series of movies,
Because Barney's life is full of
Interesting stories ... just read her biography.
I'm surprised it's not more famous.
I would have very much like to have met this woman and her circle of friends throughout her lifetime. What an interesting life she led. You can tell that she comes from money and a literary circle by the way she speaks - the differences from the 2021 vernacular are pretty remarkable.
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Thank you for posting this. How refreshing to listen to an interview wherein the interviewer actually let's the subject speak without cutting them off.
This film was first shown on 25th May 1966. We have the transmission date on the can of film itself.
Thank you for posting this. Extraordinary woman.
THANK YOU!
I was wanting someone who had this to post it for so long. This woman is my biggest heroine.
Thank you Pheidias. FYI this recording is misdated. I have done research with primary witnesses and cross-checking, and I can say with certainty that it was made during the summer of 1967.
the film was first shown on BBC2 on 25th May 1966.
I have a number of regrets. It should have been a longer interview conducted by me. I was very in experienced at the time. I kept in touch with Natalie by letter.
She knew amazing women writers and artists, yet the interviewer only asks her about her male friends...
She talks about Gertrude Stein if you care to listen
I'm glad to have been born the same day as her. Otherwise, I would have never heard of her. I'm sure I'm not the only one who felt chills when she spoke directly to the camera about "Idleness" & "Friendship"...
What a treat! Thank you so much for posting this.
Es una mujer admirable, agradezco subieran este vídeo, es una joya.
Natalie Barney didn't live in the Latin Quarter. She lived at 20 rue Jacob (where this was filmed) in St Germain des President, just off rue Bonaparte.
i just regret we have nothing about Renée Vivien.
even though Romaine Brooks gets the most press, as the love of Natalie's, life, I say it was the beyond tragic Renee' Vivied
Renée Vivien died in 1909 at the age of 32 and was introvert...
even as an old lady, she was one boss ass bitch! she was awesome.
Marvellous! Thank you
I love this. So Barney
OMG Alice B Toklas made a real cutting remark about Ms. Barney. When someone said how does Natalie get these young girls and love affairs at her age. Even at 60 she was going strong sexually. Anyway Alice B. Toklas said she picks them up in their Metro bathrooms. Very very cutting at that time. There is a great old vieo called Paris was a Woman. They are all there. Djuna Barnes, Dolly Wilde and Natalie's long time companion Berthe.
Thank you so much for uploading!!!
Amazing! Thanks for uploading.
Incroyable, quelle émotion.
I read her biography years ago. Loved this video. thanks for it
Wonderful! Thank you.
Incredible!
Vraiment super ce reportage !!!!
a perfect film bio subject
Me too .it would be fascinating
"friendship" lol
Ну что, русские тут ?
Fascinating - a window into an incredibly creative bygone era. It seems she was evicted from the house by a buyer who wanted to rip up and modernise everything. (Ironic after NB had been one of the great modernisers of the early 20th C. She died in a hotel 6 years after this video.
Fantastique Nathalie..! Ton mystère résonne au temple de l amitié toile inquiétante où tu pretendais aimer !...
Son prénom ne s'écrit pas avec un H, 😅
Is this clip in the public domain?
Pourquoi on demande toujours aux femmes de parler des "grands hommes qu'elles ont connu" ? On dirait l'article de Breton sur Frida Kahlo... Quelle honte. Natalie Barney a une oeuvre ! Elle a écrit des aphorismes et on le nie complètement ! Elle mérite de figurer auprès des meilleur.es autorices d'aphorismes, comme Joubert, Juvénal, etc. !
Привет из прошлого, ахаха)))
Read her biography wild heart .she was as jealous as can be when she wasn't dictating .ironic since she claimed the great Sappho lived with many women in harmony.
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What a sad way to live your life, revolve it entirely around your sexuality. A lot of self-indulgent individuals people attention of each other, what a "great" mix. They never sorted their problems out. Or in other words, they unnecessarily brought a lot of this shit upon themselves. You have to wonder why she had so many sexual relationships with other women and be so prolific about it... A lot of this behaviour has to do with the circumstances of one's childhood.
You OF COURSE know what kind of BS you are talking about
@@elisanemello9013 I'm a male and I've never spent my life solely focusing on sexuality. What I said about her can also be said about heterosexual men of her time like Ernest Hemingway and Ezra Pound who spent a great deal of their time wooing sycophantic women who they knew would never challenge them.
@@elisanemello9013 I've always been curious to why these individuals behaved the ways that they did.
@@the19thcentury81 I'm a lesbian and I agree with you. I wish we lived in a world were true and profound love was admired instead of shallow sexual adventures. We have examples of beautiful long-term monogamous lesbian relationships from history (like Ladies of Llangollen, Edith Somerville & Violet Martin, and Michael Field), but they never get enough attention as people prefer cases like bisexual poly-amorous Vita Sackville-West.
imagine being this tragic lol.