Blair Waldorf, lifestyle and all
Living with flair like Blair
WHERE: Season 2, episode 2 Blair: I’d be honored, m’lord.Marcus: Blair, you don’t have to call me that.Blair: I know. I was up all night reading Debrett’s Peerage. I’m well-versed in your laws and ways. I’m ready to meet the Queen. Which I also watched on DVD, BTW. Is there any wonder that our Queen… Continue reading The Queen (movie)
Blair and Dan were spotted coming out of the 7:10 showing of Footnote at the Angelika, their fave cinema. Footnote is a 2011 Israeli film that swept all the major film festivals, and you can vouch it's a top notch movie with real artistic value, exactly the kind that Blair loves (I can't imagine Blair watching… Continue reading Footnote (movie)
One of Blair's favorite movies is this Oscar winner. Here is a short summary of the movie, from Wikipedia: The King's Speech is a 2010 historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. Colin Firth plays the future King George VI who, to cope with a stammer, sees Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and language therapist played by Geoffrey Rush. The men become friends as they work… Continue reading King’s Speech
WHERE: Season 4, episode 13 Dan says to Blair: We can go see the Merchant Ivory retrospective. You can ensure your delicate sensibilities aren't disturbed Not the least bit surprisingly, Blair loves movies made by the prodigiously talented and flawlessly elegant producing duo - since most of them are based on classical British literature, it's… Continue reading Merchant Ivory
One of the movies we know has Blair watched is Nora Ephron's Julie & Julia. The plot is simple enough: Julie Powell (Amy Adams) documents her attempt to cook her way through Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) entire French cookbook, and changes her life during the process. We also follow Julia Child's life in France. This is an ebullient,… Continue reading Julie & Julia
It comes as no surprise that Blair likes Woody Allen's 1978 movie, it's called Manhattan after all! Since I personally don't like Woody Allen, I'll just put the summary from Wikipedia: Allen co-stars as a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer who dates a 17-year-old girl (Mariel Hemingway) but falls in love with his best friend's (Michael… Continue reading Manhattan (movie)
In 2010, Blair was seen at the Angelika, seeing Blue Valentine. And weirdly enough, Dan was also at the Angelika, But he was seeing Another Year. They missed each other that time! Blue Valentine is anything but a happy-go-lucky romcom - it's A complex portrait of the dissolution of a contemporary American marriage. It's a surprisingly earnest and truthful… Continue reading Blue Valentine
One of Blair's fave movies is this 1999 masterpiece by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar. The plot is simple, the main character is a woman whose only son is killed in a car accident at the age of 17. After his death, she commits to finding his father, and so begins a long search for the… Continue reading All About My Mother
Back when they were dating, Blair and her Lord Marcus saw Equus in previews at the Broadhurst Theatre. OMG Harry Potter naked!! Let's hope they liked the play. Anyway, Equus is a drama by Peter Shaffer, written in 1973, about a psychiatrist who wants to cure a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses. The movie… Continue reading Equus
One of Blair's favorite movies. What more do we need to say? It's such a enduring, lovable classic that we can't be surprised she loves the movie. Made in Hollywood's golden year of 1939 by MGM, the most luxurious of all big old Hollywood studios, it's a perfect blend of a heartwarming but dynamic story,… Continue reading The Wizard of Oz
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