I could spend forever going
on about those two but instead my interest was stolen by the supporting women who
is in charge of the fashion and she has a fabulous voice that is really strong.
All the light has been shed on the duo of Astaire and Hepburn but it was the
older woman that stole the show. Holding her own against Fred Astaire in a trio
is one huge task but not only does she do it but she also manages to vocally
dominate and displace Hepburn in their trio's. For singers out there reading
this they will appreciate just how hard it is to match a male voice blow for
blow in a vocal duet unless they are opera singers but here we have found one
woman who is more than capable!
Nothing needs to be said
about the choreography as even the sequences made to look bad actually require
more skill than most people gain from their street dance lessons or even
ballroom dancing lessons until you make it towards the big stages and dancing
school.
The settings in Paris are
absolutely beautiful. Churches and nature with the right lighting work wonders
for the soul, making the audience calm and very relaxed.
There's a day for watching
this film and it comes in August, on a sunny day, about 20 degrees with a
bottle of red wine (my birthday).
There's a hilarious song sung
by a young woman about how she stabbed her lover cos she hated him and then she
decided that she loved him and now she is confused. I know that just reading it
you could be thinking 'what has she been taking when she wrote this on the
blog' but when you watch it you will understand why... I hope.
Watching this film has made
me very happy.
I loved it all, including the
book store scene and the marvelous line about finding somewhere boring and
insane... A bookshop in Greenwich.
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