パリの恋人 [DVD]
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フォーマット | ドルビー, ワイドスクリーン, 色 |
コントリビュータ | ケイ・トンプソン, スタンリー・ドーネン, オードリー・ヘプバーン, レオナード・ガーシュ, ミシェル・オークレール, フレッド・アステア, ロバート・フレミング |
言語 | 英語, 日本語 |
稼働時間 | 1 時間 43 分 |
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5つ星のうち4.1
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5つ星のうち4.1
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価格 | ¥1,152¥1,152 | ¥1,200¥1,200 |
製品仕様 | Blu-ray | DVD |
発売日 | 2019-04-24 | 2006-04-21 |
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商品紹介
ニューヨークのファッション誌「クオリティ」のカメラマン、ディックは表紙を知的にするため撮影場所を本屋に決め、とある書店で仕事を始めた時に店員のジョーと出会う。編集長マギーの新人モデル発掘の企画にディックはジョーを推薦、パリへ行けると言われた彼女はモデルになることを承知する。パリで撮影が進むうちにふたりは恋をしている自分に気づくが……。 名優フレッド・アステアとのダンスと歌が多くのオードリー・ファンを酔わせた、魅惑のシンデレラ・ストーリー。パラマウント映画1950年代の名作を紹介するドキュメンタリーやフォト・ギャラリーなど特典も魅力的!!!
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製作: ロジャー・イーデンス 監督・歌曲場面振付: スタンリー・ドーネン 脚本: レオナード・ガーシュ 撮影: レイ・ジューン 振付・出演: フレッド・アステア 振付: ユージン・ローリング 音楽: ジョージ・ガーシュイン/アイラ・ガーシュイン 出演: オードリー・ヘプバーン/ケイ・トンプソン/ミシェル・オークレール/ロバート・フレミング 声の出演: 池田昌子/小川真司/谷育子/石塚運昇/稲葉実
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- アスペクト比 : 1.78:1
- メーカーにより製造中止になりました : いいえ
- 言語 : 英語, 日本語
- 梱包サイズ : 18.03 x 13.76 x 1.48 cm; 83.16 g
- EAN : 4988113756143
- 監督 : スタンリー・ドーネン
- メディア形式 : ドルビー, ワイドスクリーン, 色
- 時間 : 1 時間 43 分
- 発売日 : 2006/4/21
- 出演 : オードリー・ヘプバーン, フレッド・アステア, ケイ・トンプソン, ミシェル・オークレール, ロバート・フレミング
- 字幕: : 日本語, 英語
- 販売元 : パラマウント ジャパン
- ASIN : B000EPFQ4G
- 原産国 : 日本
- ディスク枚数 : 1
- Amazon 売れ筋ランキング: - 37,778位DVD (DVDの売れ筋ランキングを見る)
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上位レビュー、対象国: 日本
レビューのフィルタリング中に問題が発生しました。後でもう一度試してください。
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ヘップバーンの美しさやアステアのダンスは言うまでもない。この頃のミュージカルはストーリー的にはおめでたく、ただただ観ていて楽しい幸せな気分になれるものです。「グリーンマイル」のコフィの気持ちになります。
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アメリカのファッションコンサルタント、ティム・ガン氏が著書で紹介していたお勧め映画のうちの一本。
オードリー・ヘップバーンは「ローマの休日」をテレビで見て以来。
んんん…。オードリーは吹替にした方がよかったなあ。伸びのない歌声を聞くのは辛い。
オードリーの地声も子どもっぽいというか、男の子がしゃべってるみたいで、ジョーというキャラクターに合ってないと思った。
他方でダンスは素晴らしかった。そういえば(女優になる前は)バレリーナを目指していたんだっけと、遠い昔に読んだ彼女の伝記を思い出した。
バレエの基礎があれば、後年になってもモダンバレエ(?)から社交ダンス(?)から、何でも踊れるんだな、と。
古本屋の店員だったころからけっこう濃いアイメイクをしており、パリのファッションショーで「イモムシから極楽鳥へ!」と、ゴージャスなドレスをまとって登場しても、言うほど変貌を遂げていないのが残念ではあった。このあたり、「プラダを着た悪魔」でのアン・ハサウェイの変身ぶりの方が見ごたえがある。
もっと登場するドレスの一点一点を細かに見たかった。
本作を一回見た限りではそれほど感動したわけではないのだが、フレッド・アステアの歌とダンスを始め、心惹かれたシーンは多くあり、またいつか見直すかもしれない。
オードリー・ヘップバーンは「ローマの休日」をテレビで見て以来。
んんん…。オードリーは吹替にした方がよかったなあ。伸びのない歌声を聞くのは辛い。
オードリーの地声も子どもっぽいというか、男の子がしゃべってるみたいで、ジョーというキャラクターに合ってないと思った。
他方でダンスは素晴らしかった。そういえば(女優になる前は)バレリーナを目指していたんだっけと、遠い昔に読んだ彼女の伝記を思い出した。
バレエの基礎があれば、後年になってもモダンバレエ(?)から社交ダンス(?)から、何でも踊れるんだな、と。
古本屋の店員だったころからけっこう濃いアイメイクをしており、パリのファッションショーで「イモムシから極楽鳥へ!」と、ゴージャスなドレスをまとって登場しても、言うほど変貌を遂げていないのが残念ではあった。このあたり、「プラダを着た悪魔」でのアン・ハサウェイの変身ぶりの方が見ごたえがある。
もっと登場するドレスの一点一点を細かに見たかった。
本作を一回見た限りではそれほど感動したわけではないのだが、フレッド・アステアの歌とダンスを始め、心惹かれたシーンは多くあり、またいつか見直すかもしれない。
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今のデジタル時代に生きている人達に是非見て欲しいアナログな世界の素敵な映画!アナログな世界でもこれほど美しく生きられる素敵な見本のような映画です。
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オードリー・ヘップバーン、フレッド・アステア、ケイ・トンプソン三大スター共演の名作ミュージカル。ただオードリーの歌声を好きになれないので減点。ムーンリバーではギター片手にいい味を出していたのですが、ミュージカルではちょっと無理があると思います。マイ・フェア・レディのように吹替えをして欲しかった。それから、役どころのお姉さん、ワガママ過ぎます。勝手に予定を放ったらかして好き勝手な行動、ほとんど謝罪なし。周りの人達出来過ぎです。人生好き勝手にやっても迷惑かけてもなんとかなるという究極のプロパガンダ?それでもう一度減点。でもオードリー・ヘップバーン綺麗です。文句ありません。これはオードリーを観る映画です。
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数十年前に観たことがありましたが、その時には感じなかったヘップバーンの魅力を再確認しました。アステアはダンスが売り物なので当たり前ですが、この映画ではヘップバーンがその上を演じてたと感無量です。アステアとヘップバーンの駆け引き、ストーリー展開、先に述べたダンス、どれをとってもエンターテイメントにあふれています。そして、この映画に華を添えるのが、舞台となった花の都‘PARIS‘ 1950年代にハリウッド全盛期の申し子のごとく現れたオードリー・ヘップバーンの若く、みずみずしく、わざとらしさを感じさせない「FUNNY FACE」に乾杯!とにかく、’S Wonderful!!この映画を観ずしてヘップバーンは語れませんよ。
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オードリー・ヘップバーンが、ミュージカル映画初挑戦にあたり、フレッド・アステアとの共演を希望したという。それを聞いたアステアもまた、ほかの企画を差し置いても、魅力的なオードリーとの共演を熱望したらしい。だからなのか、アステアが歌い踊るシーンを見つめるオードリーの表情がうっとりとしているようにみえる。もちろん観ているわたしたちも、うっとりである。フレッド・アステアの歌と踊りにみどころが多いのが嬉しい。圧巻は、やっぱり、表は白地裏地は赤いステンカラーコードで闘牛を模して踊り歌う「レッツ・キス・アンド・メイクアップ」。このステンカラーコート、なんかお洒落だなと思っていたんですよね。この前の「戦争と平和」は未見だが、この映画のオードリーはカラー作品として最も美しく魅力的なのではと思った。ただソロダンスのシーンなど、なんとなくオードリーに似合っていないようにも思い、ドラマ的にもこれといった見せ場に乏しいのは残念。なんとかっていう教授の共感主義に熱を上げるのも、なんか馬鹿みたいだし。アステアとオードリーの恋愛ドラマの絡みがもっと見たかった。タイトルバックから、カラフルでスタイリッシュな映像表現に目を奪われるのは、スタンリー・ドーネン監督の才気ほとばしるといったところだろうか。と思ったが、後半になると、ずいぶんとおとなしくなっていくのが物足りないように思った。女編集長役のケイ・トンプソンは、歌も踊りも達者でミュージカル畑の人なのでしょうか、好演でした。音楽は、ジョージ&アイラ・ガーシュイン。オードリーは美しく、アステアの歌と踊りは絵になるし、パリの風景も楽しく、ドーネンの演出もカラフルで楽しめる作品です。ブルーレイの美しい映像は、たいへん満足できるもの。池田昌子さんの日本語吹き替え付き。できれば特典映像なども欲しいところだったが付いていないのは残念。
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昔から大好きな映画。
オードリーのキレのあるダンスと歌声、アステアの紳士的な振舞いにいい意味で時代を感じます。ファッション界が舞台なので華やかな部分もあって本当に素敵!
オードリーのキレのあるダンスと歌声、アステアの紳士的な振舞いにいい意味で時代を感じます。ファッション界が舞台なので華やかな部分もあって本当に素敵!
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Moreno Thierry
5つ星のうち5.0
Etat du DVD
2024年3月4日にフランスでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Bonjour,
l'état du DVD d'occasion est très correct.
J'ai eu une appréciable surprise à l'intérieur du DVD.
4 magnifiques affiches cartonnées collector du film éditées sous la forme d'une carte postale sont présentes dans ce DVD.
C'est peut-être normal puisque ce DVD est une édition spéciale mais en tout cas elles sont bien conservées et esthétiquement agréables à regarder.
Je le recommande pour les amateurs du genre.
l'état du DVD d'occasion est très correct.
J'ai eu une appréciable surprise à l'intérieur du DVD.
4 magnifiques affiches cartonnées collector du film éditées sous la forme d'une carte postale sont présentes dans ce DVD.
C'est peut-être normal puisque ce DVD est une édition spéciale mais en tout cas elles sont bien conservées et esthétiquement agréables à regarder.
Je le recommande pour les amateurs du genre.

Ian C. Jarvie
5つ星のうち5.0
A Troumph for all Concerned
2010年10月7日にカナダでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
This is the very best of the Audrey Hepburn-as-Cinderella movies. For one thing she is in her prime as a beauty and is still in shape for dancing. Her sophisticated charm meshes well with the worldliness of Astaire who plays the stand-in for production designer Richard Avedon. Shot on locations all over Paris and environs the film bubbles with American pep. It is a satire on the fashion magazine as well as on existentialism. It never falters or loses the right tone. All this must be put down to Stanley Donen, whose movies show him as witty and inventive. The songs are standards, the glimpses of Paris in 1956 are mouth watering, and this digital remastering is about as good as it gets short of an original VistaVision print. Many of the great MGM musicals came out of the collaborations of the Freed Unit. Donen, a graduate of that unit, singlehandedly transplants all of its dazzling skills to this movie, made under the auspices of Paramount and partially shot in France. A source of inexhaustible pleasure.

Bobby Underwood
5つ星のうち5.0
S'Wonderful
2005年8月14日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Audrey Hepburn does indeed fill the air with smiles in Stanley Donen's exquisite and happy film about a shy book clerk in New York who is transformed into the toast of the Paris fashion world. George and Ira Gershwin wrote some of their best songs for the film and a few additional numbers were contributed by Roger Edens and Leonard Gershe, who also wrote the delightful story. The premise is quite frivilous but the execution glorious and joyful and it is easy to see why this was Audrey's favorite among all her films.
Fred Astaire is winning as fashion photographer Dick Avery and Kay Thompson is marvelous as Miss Prescott, the one-track mind owner of Quality Magazine he works for. Hepburn is adorable as the shy New York bookstore clerk, Jo Stockton. They bully her into letting them do a photo shoot, making a mess off things for her to clean up. From the moment Donen's camera catches her sliding on the ladder in panic we are in love and we know it won't be long before Jo and Dick are also.
Jo is a shy intellectual, mad about empathicalism, a screwy philosophy endorsed by Professor Emile Flustre (Michel Auclair) who, of course, lives in Paris. Once Dick displays his own brand of empathy by kissing Jo while they are cleaning up, he gets an idea for a new layout and the seed of love is planted in Jo's heart. Donen captures Hepburn's child-like yet feminine grace like no one else ever has and her wistful and waif-like beauty has never been seen to better advantage than in Funny Face.
Making Jo the face for Quality magazine may not be such an easy task, however, as it goes against everything she believes. Being chased by Miss Prescott's minions, Jo ducks into Dick's darkroom, where she and Dick share a lovely song and dance moment to the title-tune, Funny Face. Once Jo discovers it will all lead to Paris, where she can meet the great empathicalist, Emile, she gives the green light and the fun really begins.
Stanley Donen staged every song himself, and it shows. That moment that nearly always exists in every musical, even the great ones, when we are tempted to fast-forward and get on with the story, simply does not exist here. Every number is lively and imaginative, easily holding our interest. None of the numbers is more joyful or fun than the one when they first arrive in Paris and become typical tourists. Ray June's photography shows off the beautiful City of Lights and the funny and happy face of Audrey Hepburn in wonderful fashion.
It is like watching a great chef make the sweetest and most delicious of pastries as Dick takes Jo through one great shoot after another all over Paris, transforming the cocoon into a butterfly. The two share a lovely song sequence in a garden with a brook outside a church, when Jo finally tells Dick she is in love with him. Hepburn in a white wedding gown is as elegant and graceful as the doves and swans surrounding them.
There are some fun complications involving Jo's idol Emile, of course, who Dick knows is more man than philosopher. A fun and frantic ending caps a film that is a sheer delight from beginning to end. Astaire was somewhat older than Hepburn and it seems to work in the film's favor, as you could see where the innocent Jo would need a more worldly man to appreciate her charms rather than take advantage of them.
This is a wonderful confection from Stanley Donen, who would work with Audrey once again in another classic, Charade. The little girl from Holland who aided the Dutch resistence during WWII grew into one of the most lovely and luminous stars ever to grace a movie screen. She is gone now and Funny Face is a wonderful way to remember her......
Fred Astaire is winning as fashion photographer Dick Avery and Kay Thompson is marvelous as Miss Prescott, the one-track mind owner of Quality Magazine he works for. Hepburn is adorable as the shy New York bookstore clerk, Jo Stockton. They bully her into letting them do a photo shoot, making a mess off things for her to clean up. From the moment Donen's camera catches her sliding on the ladder in panic we are in love and we know it won't be long before Jo and Dick are also.
Jo is a shy intellectual, mad about empathicalism, a screwy philosophy endorsed by Professor Emile Flustre (Michel Auclair) who, of course, lives in Paris. Once Dick displays his own brand of empathy by kissing Jo while they are cleaning up, he gets an idea for a new layout and the seed of love is planted in Jo's heart. Donen captures Hepburn's child-like yet feminine grace like no one else ever has and her wistful and waif-like beauty has never been seen to better advantage than in Funny Face.
Making Jo the face for Quality magazine may not be such an easy task, however, as it goes against everything she believes. Being chased by Miss Prescott's minions, Jo ducks into Dick's darkroom, where she and Dick share a lovely song and dance moment to the title-tune, Funny Face. Once Jo discovers it will all lead to Paris, where she can meet the great empathicalist, Emile, she gives the green light and the fun really begins.
Stanley Donen staged every song himself, and it shows. That moment that nearly always exists in every musical, even the great ones, when we are tempted to fast-forward and get on with the story, simply does not exist here. Every number is lively and imaginative, easily holding our interest. None of the numbers is more joyful or fun than the one when they first arrive in Paris and become typical tourists. Ray June's photography shows off the beautiful City of Lights and the funny and happy face of Audrey Hepburn in wonderful fashion.
It is like watching a great chef make the sweetest and most delicious of pastries as Dick takes Jo through one great shoot after another all over Paris, transforming the cocoon into a butterfly. The two share a lovely song sequence in a garden with a brook outside a church, when Jo finally tells Dick she is in love with him. Hepburn in a white wedding gown is as elegant and graceful as the doves and swans surrounding them.
There are some fun complications involving Jo's idol Emile, of course, who Dick knows is more man than philosopher. A fun and frantic ending caps a film that is a sheer delight from beginning to end. Astaire was somewhat older than Hepburn and it seems to work in the film's favor, as you could see where the innocent Jo would need a more worldly man to appreciate her charms rather than take advantage of them.
This is a wonderful confection from Stanley Donen, who would work with Audrey once again in another classic, Charade. The little girl from Holland who aided the Dutch resistence during WWII grew into one of the most lovely and luminous stars ever to grace a movie screen. She is gone now and Funny Face is a wonderful way to remember her......

Kraftwerker
5つ星のうち5.0
New Look musical
2003年11月22日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Although first impressions may suggest this is a slight offering, "Funny Face" holds up as one of the best fifties musicals on repeated viewing. Inspired by the chic fashion world of renowned photographer Richard Avedon and Dior's new look, Audrey Hepburn plays Jo, a drab Greenwich Village bookshop assistant and philosophy student who is spotted by Astaire's photographer as the ideal new face for the cover of "Quality" magazine. Before she knows it, Hepburn has been whisked off to Paris for fashion fittings and photos, with the proviso that she can also attend some philosophy lectures with a renowned exponent of "Empathicalism".
The Parisian scenes are pure tourist chocolate box and none the worse for it - especially when Astaire gets to dance an impromptu Spanish routine under Hepburn's balcony. Thanks to the DVD release, we're now able to see all three leads in the split screen sequence where they explore Paris. Kay Thompson is a vital force as Maggie, the editor of Quality magazine, who commands "Think Pink" at the start of the show. Hepburn can't really sing but boy does she dance well in a Parisian beatnik bar! Other excellent Gershwin songs such as the title song, "S'Wonderful" and "Ring dem Bells" (the latter a great comic routine for Dick and Maggie as they infiltrate the philosopher's salon disguised as Florida spiritualists) all conspire to make this as effervescent as pink champagne. I think it eclipses Astaire's "The Bandwagon" from the same period, which was largely based around two songs, "Thats Entertainment" and "Triplets". Sure, its hard to believe Hepburn would fall for Astaire, given the age gap, but I thought musicals were all about suspension of disbelief anyway! Treat yourself and check this little gem out.
The Parisian scenes are pure tourist chocolate box and none the worse for it - especially when Astaire gets to dance an impromptu Spanish routine under Hepburn's balcony. Thanks to the DVD release, we're now able to see all three leads in the split screen sequence where they explore Paris. Kay Thompson is a vital force as Maggie, the editor of Quality magazine, who commands "Think Pink" at the start of the show. Hepburn can't really sing but boy does she dance well in a Parisian beatnik bar! Other excellent Gershwin songs such as the title song, "S'Wonderful" and "Ring dem Bells" (the latter a great comic routine for Dick and Maggie as they infiltrate the philosopher's salon disguised as Florida spiritualists) all conspire to make this as effervescent as pink champagne. I think it eclipses Astaire's "The Bandwagon" from the same period, which was largely based around two songs, "Thats Entertainment" and "Triplets". Sure, its hard to believe Hepburn would fall for Astaire, given the age gap, but I thought musicals were all about suspension of disbelief anyway! Treat yourself and check this little gem out.

Dr. Robert F. Knoll
5つ星のうち5.0
A Film That Lives Up to Its Tag Line: S' Wonderful, S' Marvelous
2014年6月25日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Music by the Gershwins, costumes by Edith Head and Hubert de Givenchy, choreography by Fred Astaire, direction by Stanley Donen, luminescence by Audrey Hepburn- what's not to love about "Funny Face"? This Blu-ray import from the UK is truly wonderful and its content from the last great decade of American studio musicals is truly marvelous.
When this film's star Audrey Hepburn began her film career, she had serious daddy issues on screen as a result of the choices made by her handlers. Fresh from her Oscar triumph in "Roman Holiday" (1953), Audrey was cast in "Sabrina" (1954), opposite two fellow Oscar winners, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden, one considerably older than she, the other not so much. In "Funny Face" (1957), Fred Astaire is definitely in the daddy category as was her co-star Gary Cooper in "Love in the Afternoon", made the same year. The pattern of putting the screen's eternal gamine opposite aging male superstars reached its apotheosis in "Charade" (1963), returning Audrey to Paris and her favorite designer Givenchy in the company of Cary Grant. In that film, the May-November romance is both mocked and fulfilled.
The formulae of classic American romantic comedy decreed the union of the above the title stars by film's end and so it is with "Funny Face". Audrey is afforded the opportunity to learn from America's foremost male film dancer, Astaire, in this eye-poppingly colorful rendition of classic Gershwin songs, grounded in an Oscar nominated, flimsy but serviceable script by Leonard Gershe. Hepburn and Astaire ("He Loves and She Loves") must end up together, but the Astaire character's true soul mate is editor-in-chief Maggie Prescott, played with razor sharp wit and panache by Kay Thompson in a rare film performance.
Talk about strong women : the real life Anna Wintour and the fictional Miranda Priestly of "The Devil Wears Prada"(2006) would be docile and conciliatory in comparison to the Kay Thompson character. No wonder she's shocked when Astaire announces his love for Hepburn. While many in the audience would share such a sentiment, lethal ambition, the desire to dominate ("Think Pink"), and impeccable taste have combined to make both editor and photographer the apogee of American fashion in the film's stylistic universe.
The film itself has been beautifully transferred to Blu-ray, using British spellings for the English subtitles (there are loads of aural options) and a tin ear for American slang ("bozazz" for "pizzazz"). While the quality of the flesh tones varies, none is particularly disturbing. The color palette (black was and still is the hipster color) and sound mixing are very true to the 1950's, with Donen's "Singin' in the Rain" (1952) being the template and Minnelli's "Gigi" (1958), the last hurrah.
The Parisian locations and the gorgeous costumes are worth are the purchase price by themselves. Those who have plowed through Jean Paul Sartre's "Being and Nothingness", either in the original French or in English translation, will hopefully have the sense of humor requisite to appreciate existentialist thought simplified into empathicalist feeling and its philosopher priest into a classic French roue.
"Bonjour Paris" says it all- bonjour tous les artistes in the making of this exquisite film.
When this film's star Audrey Hepburn began her film career, she had serious daddy issues on screen as a result of the choices made by her handlers. Fresh from her Oscar triumph in "Roman Holiday" (1953), Audrey was cast in "Sabrina" (1954), opposite two fellow Oscar winners, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden, one considerably older than she, the other not so much. In "Funny Face" (1957), Fred Astaire is definitely in the daddy category as was her co-star Gary Cooper in "Love in the Afternoon", made the same year. The pattern of putting the screen's eternal gamine opposite aging male superstars reached its apotheosis in "Charade" (1963), returning Audrey to Paris and her favorite designer Givenchy in the company of Cary Grant. In that film, the May-November romance is both mocked and fulfilled.
The formulae of classic American romantic comedy decreed the union of the above the title stars by film's end and so it is with "Funny Face". Audrey is afforded the opportunity to learn from America's foremost male film dancer, Astaire, in this eye-poppingly colorful rendition of classic Gershwin songs, grounded in an Oscar nominated, flimsy but serviceable script by Leonard Gershe. Hepburn and Astaire ("He Loves and She Loves") must end up together, but the Astaire character's true soul mate is editor-in-chief Maggie Prescott, played with razor sharp wit and panache by Kay Thompson in a rare film performance.
Talk about strong women : the real life Anna Wintour and the fictional Miranda Priestly of "The Devil Wears Prada"(2006) would be docile and conciliatory in comparison to the Kay Thompson character. No wonder she's shocked when Astaire announces his love for Hepburn. While many in the audience would share such a sentiment, lethal ambition, the desire to dominate ("Think Pink"), and impeccable taste have combined to make both editor and photographer the apogee of American fashion in the film's stylistic universe.
The film itself has been beautifully transferred to Blu-ray, using British spellings for the English subtitles (there are loads of aural options) and a tin ear for American slang ("bozazz" for "pizzazz"). While the quality of the flesh tones varies, none is particularly disturbing. The color palette (black was and still is the hipster color) and sound mixing are very true to the 1950's, with Donen's "Singin' in the Rain" (1952) being the template and Minnelli's "Gigi" (1958), the last hurrah.
The Parisian locations and the gorgeous costumes are worth are the purchase price by themselves. Those who have plowed through Jean Paul Sartre's "Being and Nothingness", either in the original French or in English translation, will hopefully have the sense of humor requisite to appreciate existentialist thought simplified into empathicalist feeling and its philosopher priest into a classic French roue.
"Bonjour Paris" says it all- bonjour tous les artistes in the making of this exquisite film.