On Yul Brynner's 100th Birthday: Living, Breathing Contrapposto

Happy 100th birthday, Yul Brynner! We were watching the ending of “The Magnificent Seven” again the other day (did I mention how I have the most patient family anyone can ask for? Because I do haha :’)), and we talked about how Yul inspired generations of kids to adopt, among other things, his famous walk, shooting straight from the hip, all his movements a kind of contrapposto in reverse, tensed and relaxed all in equal parts.


It never ceases to fascinate me, how this man had a living, breathing magnetism on screen like no other, someone who somehow manages to effortlessly arrest attention even when he is completely still and collected, deliberate vitality radiating from his facial and physical expression: a wonder to watch and listen to Xo

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