Friday 10 June 2016

Love in the Afternoon (1957 Billy Wilder)

Thoroughly reviewed here, unbelievably the film hasn't been restored and released on Blu-Ray, though there is a Spanish Blu-Ray under the title of Ariane (to be investigated). Which is a shame, as it's absolutely beautifully shot by twice Oscar-winner William S Mellor.

Like all the best Wilder-Diamonds it's beautifully constructed and features a number of props which feature both as jokes and plot devices: a set of keys and a safe, a mink coat and a hat, a cello and a cello case, a set of trunks, an office that conveniently doubles as a home, a drinks trolley and arguably the greatest and funniest prop of them all, a gypsy band.

Indeed, the way that Audrey Hepburn holds the cello case looks very much like she's walking arm in arm with her lover.


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