From Summer to Eternity(PART 2 OF 3)
Dorothy's husband was shot down and killed by a certain Japanese pilot in the Pacific. So, she was not practically a married woman.
I see... You're open-minded, aren't you?
Yes, I am. Dorothy was practically a war-forced divorced woman, so she isn't guilty of fornication at all.
I see.
Now I understand why you jotted down "Summer," but I don't know how come you placed "Eternity" beside "Summer."
Dorothy is played by Jennifer O'Neill in the movie. She was my idol when I was a teenager.
I thought Marilyn Monroe was your idol.
Yes, she still is. Anyway, that's the reason I picked up the following DVD.
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This is the one I'm talking about.
I see... So you wanted to see your idol playing in the DVD, didn't you?
Yes, I did. I liked it... so much so that I jotted down my comment on that.
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Kato's Comment
The Innocent (Italian: L'innocente) was the last film made by Italian director Luchino Visconti.
Based on a novel by Gabriele d'Annunzio, the story is set up in the 19th century Italy.
Tullio Hermil (Giancarlo Giannini) is a wealthy Roman married to Giuliana (Laura Antonelli).
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Tullio Hermil & Giuliana
But Tullio lives a double sexual life with a possessive and aristocratic mistress (Jennifer O'Neill).
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Teresa: Tullio's mistress
Half into the story, Tullio rekindles his love to Giuliana when the couple visits a villa where they met for the first time, then makes love with fervor.
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I've found one peculiar aspect when the couple make love.
Giuliana's underarm hair is not shaven, though it is more common in much of the Western world today for women to shave their underarm hair regularly.
So I assume that it was rather common in the 19th century Italy for even aristocratic women to have their underarm hair intact.
Anyway, after learning that Giuliana is having a torrid affair of her own, he becomes tormented by her fidelity and descends into madness.
It is really interesting and fascinating.
So, Kato, you were attracted to the woman's underarm hair, weren't you?
Yes, I did, but I'm NOT talking about the woman's underarm hair today. I'd rather like to talk about the life of Jennifer O'Neill.
What about her life?
Just read the following excerpt, will you?
Jennifer O'Neill
O'Neill has been married nine times to eight husbands.
She married, divorced, and remarried husband number six.
At one point, she was married to four different men in four years.
At age 44, she married husband number seven sooner than any other actress, sooner than Zsa Zsa Gabor (who was 63), Liza Minnelli (59) and Lana Turner (49), making her the youngest "most married" Hollywood celebrity.
The August 23, 1993, issue of People magazine reports that a friend of O'Neill's says that the actress obtained the (Texas) annulment of marriage number seven (Neil L. Bonin - after less than five months) "... because she felt stifled."
O'Neill has three children from as many fathers, a daughter (Aimee) by her first husband whom she married at age 17, and a son (Reis Michael) from her fifth marriage and another son (Cooper Alan) from her sixth marriage.
At age 34, O'Neill suffered a gunshot wound.
Police officers in the Westchester County town of Bedford, New York, who interviewed the actress, said that on October 23, 1982, she shot herself accidentally in the abdomen with a .38 caliber revolver at her Bedford mansion while she was trying to determine if it was loaded.
She describes many of her life experiences, including her marriages and career, to her move to her Tennessee farm in the late 1990s in her 1999 autobiography Surviving Myself.
O'Neill says that she wrote this autobiography (her first book) "… at the prompting of her children."
In 2004, O'Neill wrote and published "From Fallen To Forgiven," a book of biographical notes and philosophical thoughts about life and existence.
The actress, who had an abortion after the divorce from her first husband while dating a Wall Street socialite, became a pro-life activist and a born-again Christian in 1986 at age 38, counseling abstinence to teens.
Concerning her abortion, she writes:
I was told a lie from the pit of hell: that my baby was just a blob of tissue. The aftermath of abortion can be equally deadly for both mother and unborn child. A woman who has an abortion is sentenced to bear that for the rest of her life.
O'Neill continues to be active as a writer, inspirational speaker, fundraiser for the benefit of crisis pregnancy centers across the United States.
She has also served as the spokesperson for the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, a non-denominational, non-political, non-profit organization dedicated to post-abortion healing and recovery.
O'Neill works for several other charitable causes as well, such as Retinitis Pigmentosa International and the Arthritis Foundation.
As a breast cancer survivor she has also been a former spokesperson for the American Cancer Society.
She has also hosted a one-hour television special for World Vision shot in Africa concerning the HIV epidemic.
In addition, she remains actively involved with her childhood love of animals and horses, sponsoring the Jennifer O'Neill Tennis Tournament to benefit the ASPCA, and fund-raiser for Guiding Eyes for the blind.
O'Neill purchased a horse farm in Tennessee called "Hillenglade Farm" where she runs a non-profit organization as a ministry and retreat for girls and young women.
SOURCE: "Jennifer O'Neill"
From the Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wow! She has been married nine times to eight husbands. I wish I coule live long enough to get married nine times.
Well..., the thing is, she became a pro-life activist and a born-again Christian in 1986 at age 38 after an abortion and divorces.
So what's got to do with Eternity?
You see, Diane, one can achieve more if you live long---if not to Eternity.
【Himiko's Monologue】
Wow! Jennifer O'Neill has been married nine times to eight husbands.
What do you think?
I've never been married.
What's wrong with me?
I know there is an old saying:
Where there is a will,
there is a way.
I have a strong will to marry a nice gentleman, however, there seems to have been no way for me to get married so far.
Well ..., I don't live long enough to find a better gentleman, I suppose.
In any case, I hope Kato will write another interesting article soon.
So please come back to see me.
Have a nice day!
Bye bye ...
(To be followed)