Paramount 1964
Starring Audrey Hepburn and William Holden
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This romantic comedy has a little of everything, and I do mean everything. It starts with a screenwriter struggling to complete his next project and a young woman on her own, throw in a bird named Richelieu, some dancing, horse-drawn carriage, a windmill, chase scenes, a vampire, an army of trench-coat spies, intrigue, Indians, a horse race, bi-planes, a thief, Parcheesi, a heist, streets of Paris, and a brawl. (Not necessarily in that order.)
The premise is a screenwriter has two days to write his screenplay. A typist is hired to help him complete the script that isn’t even started. Only a title — “The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower.” He has a great title.
He describes his story as an action/suspense/romantic-melodrama with lots of comedy with a substrata of social comment. Evidently he had trouble picking a genre. =0)
Paris When It Sizzles is a fun romp. Is it realistic? Not even a little, as is the case for a lot of fiction. But I was swept up into their imagination world. I would call it a tongue-in-cheek process of writing a story and rewriting and playing with various version of the story.
The melodrama and overacting reminded me of the 1984 Clue movie. The vignettes into the imagination reminded me of the 1947 version of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty starring Danny Kaye.
Here is an early scene in the movie when William Holden’s character explains to Audrey Hepburn’s character the whole plot of his story without telling her anything of what the story is about. As he goes around the room tossing down blank pieces of paper and she, wide-eyed, follows him, it is like a dance. I love it!
If you enjoyed that clip, or like old movies, or like Audrey Hepburn movies, or like silliness, you might enjoy this movie.
What old movies do you like?
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