Wait until dark
Ladies and gentlemen, I am amazed by this movie. A little while ago, I used to watch the first 15 minutes of the movie, but stopped watching because Audrey Hepburn didn’t show up yet. For some reason, the beginning bore me a little bit. My parents however watched the movie until the end and I wonder if they have liked it. This is also the reason why I was a little bit unsure whether I should show this movie to Milkmaster who was (just like me) studying for exams. But we just couldn’t stop watching it! After awhile, it became so suspenseful, funny and enjoyable to watch!
The best thing of the whole movie is her blindness, obviously. And the fact that basically the movie revolves around their house and Susy herself despite her absence in the first 15 minutes. They were able to create so many hilarious, suspenseful and really, really original scenes because of that: She couldn’t see the dead woman in her closet, they deceived her with the telephone and always phoned each other when they pretended to call the police – and last but not least, the blindness determined every aspect of the way she fought these men.
As much as I liked Susy, I really disliked Gloria. What an ugly, unreasonable and emo girl *ugh* But of course, she found redemption at the end of the movie *harr harr*
About the title of this post: I have always known and recognized that Audrey Hepburn looks rather boyish with her slender figure and young face (and I really appreciate that), but she always appeared as a “Grande Dame du film” to me so that I could never perceive her as such. But it’s so great! that Milkmaster likes her too now – it helps me watching all her movies featured in REC *hrr hrr* So I don’t care about what he exactly thinks about her, the important thing is that he adores my favourite actress as well!
Now that I think about it, “Wait until dark” is the perfect movie to get him into Audrey Hepburn’s movies, because her acting performance is just top-notch in this movie. Before, I thought another movie such as Roman Holiday or even Two for the Road would be better to display her loveliness, but the princess’ or the loving girl’s role – even though they fit her – don’t show her full potential as an actress. This movie however is really challenging and makes up for the fact that her eyes don’t sparkle as much as in the other movies, imho one of her most important features.
Our videotheque also has “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “War and Peace” and the TV doesn’t show any of her movies in the near future, so these two are most probably our next picks. ^^