The Inevitable "Top Ten"

It’s still so hot in Perth. I didn’t know it was possible to get sunburnt after 6pm, but it is!

The only things one can do in this heat is stay inside with the air conditioning on and sort the washing whilst watching a DVD.

I’ve just watched François Ozon’s “Potiche” (a French idiom for “Trophy Wife”). It’s oh so French and silly. Catherine Deneuve is fabulous. I am putting her character, Suzanne Pujol, down as one of my favourite movie heroines. Set in the late 70s the fashion and interiors are wonderful – the DVD cover looks like a French version of “The Brady Bunch”.

Suzanne’s dresses (florals and pussy-bow ties at the neck) are tailored to a tee and her hair is perfectly coiffed. I love how she wears her Adidas tracksuit ensemble for her morning walk – hair in rollers “digging” the countryside and writing poetry about the scampering squirrels in her little note pad. She ends up being a real force to be reckoned with...

I was reminded of another female character that I adore, Etheline Tenenbaum (played by Angelica Houston) in “The Royal Tenenbaums”. Etheline is the matriarch of the house keeping everyone together. It’s interesting to note that her son, Chas (Ben Stiller) and his sons Ari and Uzi also trot around in a full Adidas trackie.

Adidas sure do attach themselves to some pretty cool movies.

Catherine Deneuve; Some Rights Reserved. Image by John McNab

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So here is my list of top ten movie heroines (it was inevitable that a list of some kind would appear on my blog – I'm a big believer in lists):

1. Etheline Tenenbaum (Angelica Houston); “The Royal Tenenbaums”; 2001
2. Suzanne Pujol (Catherine Deneuve); “Potiche”, 2010
3. Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska…. Don’t get me started on this one… just brilliant…I can now understand why Meryl Streep gushed about Mia in her recent Golden Globe acceptance speech…and Michael Fassbender - what can I say!); “Jane Eyre”; 2011
4. Pippa Lee (Robin Wright); “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee”, 2009
5. Vianne (Juliette Binoche); "Chocolat"; 2000
6. Loretta Castorini (Cher); "Moonstruck"; 1987
7. Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin); “Nine to Five”; 1980
8. Doralee Rhodes (Dolly Parton); “Nine to Five”
9. Judy Bernly (Jane Fonda); “Nine to Five”
10. Katie (Barbra Streisand); “The Way We Were”; 1973

          

'Til next time

Patrik :)