Not really my kind of movie, what with all it's excessive sentimentality and tearful "Oh woe is me" moments, but I got through it. The cast is certainly great, the dialog is often clever and has a way of livening up and energizing the moment, but unfortunately that's not enough to keep the ship afloat and the film very often turns into an very tedious display of overwrought emotions, by overwrought people - Hepburn in particularly. I like the humor of the film immensely and if it were a comedy, and only a comedy, it would be a breeze to watch.
After seeing Sabrina for the first and only time I can confidently conclude that not one, but two cinematic first's where achieved. Firstly, a guy named "Linus" gets the girl at the end. A lady-killer named Linus? That doesn't exist. Secondly, evidently there's such a thing as a "hemorrhoid hammock" and wow that one really turned my existence up-side down. Isn't it simply just amazing at what comes to light sometimes and this movie was made 65 years ago, so on that note it was definitely ahead of it's time. And don't under-estimate the importance of that hammock.
The individual performances are all top-notch, Bogart still had the spark, Holden is rarely if ever more energetic and Audrey.....well she cry's a lot as the titular lead-character and at that stage in her life she looked a lot like a less impressive/less exotic version of Sophia Loren - but with much bigger feet (size 10). Not to say that's all that she does. Hepburn, Holden and Bogart all seem to have an equal amount of bright moments and snappy dialog, she often projects an air of sly wit, which is only intensified by her bright and beautiful eyes.
It must be said, how beautiful Hepburn's eyes appear in any given scene in this film, the light seems to reflect off them just right.
I can confidently say that by no means is this Billy Wilder's best work, that would be Sunset Boulevard for me, but also likely not to be his worst, either.
But really I'd just like to know who had the idea for that hammock...
After seeing Sabrina for the first and only time I can confidently conclude that not one, but two cinematic first's where achieved. Firstly, a guy named "Linus" gets the girl at the end. A lady-killer named Linus? That doesn't exist. Secondly, evidently there's such a thing as a "hemorrhoid hammock" and wow that one really turned my existence up-side down. Isn't it simply just amazing at what comes to light sometimes and this movie was made 65 years ago, so on that note it was definitely ahead of it's time. And don't under-estimate the importance of that hammock.
The individual performances are all top-notch, Bogart still had the spark, Holden is rarely if ever more energetic and Audrey.....well she cry's a lot as the titular lead-character and at that stage in her life she looked a lot like a less impressive/less exotic version of Sophia Loren - but with much bigger feet (size 10). Not to say that's all that she does. Hepburn, Holden and Bogart all seem to have an equal amount of bright moments and snappy dialog, she often projects an air of sly wit, which is only intensified by her bright and beautiful eyes.
It must be said, how beautiful Hepburn's eyes appear in any given scene in this film, the light seems to reflect off them just right.
I can confidently say that by no means is this Billy Wilder's best work, that would be Sunset Boulevard for me, but also likely not to be his worst, either.
But really I'd just like to know who had the idea for that hammock...