Filmmaker Christopher Nupen about the film:
"Why do so many people in so many parts of the world remember Jacqueline
du Pré with so much affection and what is it about her that so catches
the public imagination?
du Pré with so much affection and what is it about her that so catches
the public imagination?
Nobody knows all the answers to those questions, but, for many of us,
they include the strange conviction that, in a way which we cannot
define, something of Jacqueline du Pré belongs to us personally.
they include the strange conviction that, in a way which we cannot
define, something of Jacqueline du Pré belongs to us personally.
That is
one of the mags of the great performers, an ability so to penetrate the
heart and mind as to leave the impression that something personal and
permanent remains.
one of the mags of the great performers, an ability so to penetrate the
heart and mind as to leave the impression that something personal and
permanent remains.
Certainly Jacqueline du Pré had ways of touching us
that are given to very few and, in sharp contrast to the fate of most
performing artists, her stature has continued to rise steadily since her
death in 1987.
that are given to very few and, in sharp contrast to the fate of most
performing artists, her stature has continued to rise steadily since her
death in 1987.
That is very, very rare.
"Who Was Jacqueline du Pré?" consists 100% of material that had never
before been seen in public when the film was made."
"Who Was Jacqueline du Pré?" consists 100% of material that had never
before been seen in public when the film was made."
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