The charm of Ava Gardner, the talent of Meryl Streep, the innocence of Grace Kelly, the loneliness of Greta Garbo, the naivety of Audrey Hepburn, the darkness of Marlene Dietrich, the determination of Vivien Leigh, the sensibility of Ingrid Bergman,.....
…. romanticism Romy Schneider, fragility Marilyn Monroe, sensuality Monica Bellucci, flirtatiousness Lauren Bacall, strength Barbara Stanwyck, glamour Lane Turner and drama Elizabeth Taylor would be the qualities that should be hidden in a femme fatale. Femme fatale or fatal beauties have been considered a kind of archetype of mysterious, subversive, manipulative, irresistibly attractive women who lead men into a trap, into danger and misfortune with their seductive charms. They have appeared in various cultures, in myths and historical figures of the real and artistic world since Aphrodite, Cleopatra, all the way to modern beauties. They experienced their cinematic heyday mainly in the classic noir films from the 1950s, which mainly exploited the themes of the post-war conditions and the atmosphere, where pessimism, mistrust, and anxiety reigned, and men were mainly afraid of independent women who had to stand on your legs. Ambitious and dangerous ladies were considered women with double standards who entangled the protagonist in passion and apparent love, leading him to violate social norms and ultimately to his death. Today, those who know how to hide their inner complexity with a perfect appearance and continue their lives with dignity, even though they themselves are in a whirlwind of problems and misunderstandings, are considered fatal beauties.
Once, in an interview on television, I saw a sentence uttered by an elderly man of respectable character, and it read as follows: "A woman is a conglomerate of all beauty, internal and external." Then it occurred to me that I completely agree with the statement, only to add that for me, speaking as a woman, it is basically a compromise between the two beauties, and everything else is a mask behind which we stand or hide. Men realize how adept we are at making a disguise and concealing ourselves when the phrase fatal attraction is no longer foreign to them in the list of unknown things. So what I'm trying to say is that the character and visual characteristics of Fatal Attraction could be debated forever, but the fact is that some women are great at using whatever resources are available to them, and I envy those women too...maybe one day I manage to become a fatal lady at least for one day, for someone, for myself... Let me whisper to you that it is Edie Sedgwick, muse Andy Warhol, was a perfect performance and synonymous with Fatal Attraction, and it's about her Lou Reed wrote a song that goes something like this: "She's coming, you better watch where you step, she'll break your heart in half..." ("Femme Fatale" The Velvet Underground & Nico)._
#171City Magazine - 7 to 21 OCTOBER 2013 by City Magazine
