The Goddesses Who Inspired Your Favorite Films

This article is sponsored in part by Dead Man Down, in theaters March 8th.The intimate relationship between director and muse is as old as cinema itself. Josef von Sternberg had Marlene Dietrich. Alfred Hitchcock had Tippi Hedren. Woody Allen had Diane Keaton, and John Cassavetes had Gena Rowlands. Each relied on the other: he, for a unique kind of inspiration that only she could provide, and she, to be gazed upon in a way that only he could. Today, the director-muse relationship is as prevalent in Hollywood as ever. Continue Reading
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