vanessa redgrave started pushing the bar through the roof with her performance in this film. not only is her acting so breakneck, she does some lovely dancing as well. the rest of the cast is not bad. especially jason robards as the mouthy paris s... (read more) vanessa redgrave started pushing the bar through the roof with her performance in this film. not only is her acting so breakneck, she does some lovely dancing as well. the rest of the cast is not bad. especially jason robards as the mouthy paris singer. this is a great film for a sunday afternoon. now give me a free sunday afternoon, please.

The real étoile Isadora Duncan really impressed me a lot: her innate charm and her doubtful morality always carefully covered up not to put in danger her reputation and her tragically stupid death. Redgrave portrayed her splendidly, avoiding to impe... (read more) The real étoile Isadora Duncan really impressed me a lot: her innate charm and her doubtful morality always carefully covered up not to put in danger her reputation and her tragically stupid death. Redgrave portrayed her splendidly, avoiding to impersonated a plastic icon without a soul. Unfortunately this flick is quite hard to watch on tv and in Italy, for example, is almost lost. Thanks to Amazon.com I keep a copy safely stored into my private movies collection!!!

I was pretty young but I remember liking this a lot. The dance? Redgrave? The tragic ending? all of the above?

Redgrave's is one of the great film performances of all time. A must-see for actors. A unique film in the way it plays with time.

Slick film, memorable scene: her ridiculously long scarf got caught in the spoked wheel of her car...yikes!

A tour de force performance by the magnificent Vanessa Redgrave in one her most memorable roles. Vanessa won best actress at Cannes for her portrayal of the enigmatic and scandalous dancer, Isadora Duncan. Karel Reisz's film is beautiful, haunting a... (read more) A tour de force performance by the magnificent Vanessa Redgrave in one her most memorable roles. Vanessa won best actress at Cannes for her portrayal of the enigmatic and scandalous dancer, Isadora Duncan. Karel Reisz's film is beautiful, haunting and flawed, but Vanessa is mesmerizing. Her Isadora evolves from a romantic teenager to an eccentric and demanding diva just prior to Ms. Duncan's death by strangulation when her scarf got caught in the rear wheel of a Bugatti. The full length director's cut "Isadora" is the version to see.