Audrey Hepburn has been in many many brilliant movies. There is no question that she is fabulous and generations of girls and women long to have her grace, beauty, style, and wit. But the best Audrey Hepburn movie BY FAR is How to Steal a Million. You may THINK it’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s . . .but you would be wrong. 🙂
I fell in love with How to Steal a Million in my early twenties which I think jump-started my love affair with the 1960’s in general. I caught half of it while at home sick one day on USA or some other random cable channel and was on a quest to view it in it’s entirety immediately. However, it wasn’t available on DVD or anything else for that matter, so I religiously checked the TV guide for a replay {pre-DVR days kind of sucked}.
Of course, I own it now, but occasionally it’s on that old movie channel AMC and I’ll watch it whenever I see it. It’s so great. The details are just divine. Her outfits and hair and everything, of course, is perfect. Also, it’s kind of funny! The chemistry between Peter O’Toole and Hepburn just makes me smile.
I like the movie for many reasons but what I find most interesting now is that it revolves around art …as does my life. Well actually an art “hoax” . . .which is either ironic or an eerie premonition …lol. Either way, it’s not until you are older and can look back to see the culmination of what led you to where you are in your life that you realize where you can now go. It’s kind of interesting. And totally weird at the same time.
Before I get any more “soul searchy” and “reminiscent” on you, let me just say that How to Steal a Million is a phenomenal film.
Do yourself a favor and watch it 🙂
all movie stills via Dr. Macro
