Everything that surrounds the death and the legacy of the actresses Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds seems straight out of a Hollywood movie, a world to which both belonged.
The iconic Princess Leia of “star wars” and the actress, who danced alongside Gene Kelly in “Singing in the rain” died with a day of difference, the past 27 and 28 December, respectively.
The two stars rest together from this Friday in the cemetery Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles.
The remains of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher are buried together in the cemetery Forest Lawn, Los Angeles, California.
Not transcended details of the ceremony, held this Friday in Hollywood Hills, Los angeles.
The previous day, were honored in a private ceremony attended by their closest family and friends, among them artists such as Meryl Streep, Jamie Lee Curtis, Meg Ryan, Stephen Fry, or Courtney Love.
And this Saturday will be premiered Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, a documentary from HBO that tells the story of love between a mother and daughter directed by Fisher Stevens and Alexis Bloom.
One last joke
The decision to perform a funeral and a burial set was the perfect end to a relationship so stormy and full of love.
The family he wanted the ceremonies Thursday and Friday were the most intimate possible, and have not transcended great details.
it Is known that Debbie Reynolds was buried, and then part of the ashes of Carrie Fisher were scattered on the grave of Reynolds.
To save the ashes of Fisher, remembered for her sharp sense of humor, the family used a box in the form of a pill Prozac, a known antidepressant, to which the actress he had a great appreciation, he told his brother.
Meryl Streep, Jamie Lee Curtis and Gwyneth Paltrow attended the intimate ceremony of tribute to Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.
In the tribute Thursday highlighted the participation of the actress Meryl Streep, who sang Happy Days are Here Again during the ceremony
Streep starred in “Postcards from the edge”, a film based on a play of the same name written by Fisher and talks about the relationship with his mother.
Also on Friday, the theaters of Broadway, in New York, reduced the intensity of its lights for one minute as a mark of respect to the two stars.
bright Lights
But if we speak of light, the intensity that flowed Fisher and Reynols was far from being subdued.
Despite the fact that the relationship between Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher was stormy at times, the love that they professed was evident.
And saw Fisher Stevens and Alexis Bloom at the time of making his documentary on the relationship between the two women that debuts this Saturday on tv in the united States.
The release date was brought forward after the death of the two actresses.
“I Think that I am the best friend of my mother”, is heard saying to Fisher in the documentary. “More than a daughter.”
The documentary was filmed during 2014 and 2015, and culminates with the moment in which Reynolds received the award for an entire career out of the hand of the trade Union of Actors of the united States.
through family videos, photos, interviews and images of everyday life, the film recounts the ups and downs of the duo.
The Union of Actors of the USA handed to Debbie Reynolds, the lifetime achievement award in 2015.
It’s a documentary intimate and universal, “a love letter to Carrie and Debbie”, according to Fisher Stevens.
“It’s a love story of Hollywood,” said Stevens this Friday at the radio station in us public NPR.
“it is Not a biopic traditional, we became interested in was the personality of them, the clear love that is professed and of their strange relationship.”
Stevens said that the production of the documentary came at a very good time of the relationship between Fisher and Reynolds.
“Carrie wanted to do this documentary, I wanted to show the greatness of his mother. Debbie didn’t want to follow him with cameras but he did it because it was the desire of Carrie,” he said.
The director explained how the tone of the documentary was changing as time went on and the health Debbie began to deteriorate.
somehow, the film began to treat more about the concern of Carrie by her mother and her feeling of guilt every time I had to be away from her for work reasons.
“The film started to be written by itself, we would never have imagined what was going to happen,” he told Stevens to NPR.
Deep tenderness
Finally, the documentary transcends the world of Hollywood and ends up becoming a story of the love between a mother and a daughter with which everyone can identify with.
mothers age and the children often become the caregivers.
“I Hope people see the film and want to communicate more with their parents,” said Stevens.
The memory of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher will stand for always, considered to be the producers of the documentary about the two stars.
Both he and his co-director Alexis Bloom were in shock to learn of the death of their beloved stars.
Stevens has not been able to return to see your documentary since then.
“There’s an element of Hollywood in all of this,” he said.
“A big theme in the movie is the Christmas, they had Christmas trees in their homes throughout the year, it was a party very important to them. It is surreal that his death occurred precisely in these days.
“they Are two remarkable women that will endure for ever”, he concluded.
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