Twenty seven years after her death, Audrey Hepburn is still magic. You have only to say "Audrey", and even my husband's ears perk up. Her voice, her smile, her style...why not a full-length theatrical-release documentary? In recent years two by Lisa Immordino Vreeland, "Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel" and "Love, Cecil: A Journey with Cecil Beaton" were lovely and creative. There have been other worthwhile films on designers, fashion events, magazines and photographers. Why not one about Audrey Hepburn who, besides her ethereal charms, was a beloved UNICEF ambassador for children?
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Audrey's earliest passion was dance, and "Audrey" will be a biography seen through the eyes of dance. Director Helena Coan worked with England's Royal Ballet to choreograph portraits in dance mixed with archive and never-before-seen footage to tell Audrey's story.
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Audrey's son Sean Hepburn Ferrer will be addressing her childhood in wartime Holland. Claire Weight Keller, formerly artistic director of Givenchy, will discuss her collaborations with Givenchy and John Loring will talk about Tiffany's long enduring relationship with the Audrey magic of Holly Golightly.
You can watch the trailer here (copy and paste):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOY77nyd6fY&feature=emb_logo
My info comes from British Vogue and Harper's Bazaar UK, where "Audrey" will be released in theaters and streaming on November 30. Let's hope that will be simultaneously here. I can't think of a better wrap up to Thanksgiving weekend.
Looking forward to this! She was so lovely inside and out. Certainly she had heartache, but I can think of no misstep she ever made. Nothing that would have shown up in the tabloids demonstrating what a horrible person she was. Unlike every other famous person.
ReplyDeleteNothing! Unfortunately she fell for some of the wrong men, but she finally found a good one.
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