Roman Holiday
Did you know that the german title for this film is “Ein Herz und eine Krone”? Pochi always says “Ein Herz und eine Knolle” and that is also how he came with the title of this post. Lucky! *hehe*
The reason why we have watched this film is very simple: The german issue of Vanity Fair is having a 1€ summer special with a free DVD included – and I just couldn’t resist at this price. Aside from the fact that the Vanity Fair is so pseudo-upper-class that it hurts my eyes, the DVD alone was worth the money. I have expected the version to only have german dubs, but in fact, it has the original version with english subtitles and the german dub AND the german subtitles! That’s quite incredible and proves once again that Vanity Fair is horribly rich. But I feel very lucky that it is like this *heh*
Who knows, if the magazine brings out some other good nice film, I might want to get them too.
Content-wise, this film was totally a winner for me too. I have watched it ages and ages ago – Roman Holiday is my father’s favourite film of all times and he showed it to me by saying that the ending scene is the most romantic he has ever seen. It isn’t surprising considering how sparkling and beautiful La Hepburn looks in it. Unfortunately, the ending scene was also the only one I really remembered well. And this time, I could finally enjoy it in its full length.
What I really liked was how Pochi pointed out that Paprika references to the film with the girl beating some of the ‘gangsters’ with a guitar. Oh, how much I love Paprika – but this isn’t the place to say it.
Back to Roman Holiday, I think I kind of understand why this is probably Audrey Hepburn’s most successful film (despite the slight lack of humour). Her chemistry with Gregory Peck is just much better than with every single of her other film partners. However, I don’t think that her performance is better or worthier of an Oscar – it also is nothing compared to “Wait Until Dark” which was so much better, imho. In my opinion, it is a role that makes it impossible to really stand out with your acting. Ah well…
This is a film I could continue to rant about for ages, and it is a worthy no. 3 in my list (with Wait Until Dark and Sabrina as only films that surpasses it).