WYSW: Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

Let me just say this before anything: I have always loved black-and-white films more than the multicolored ones, for that je ne sais quoi that they gloriously possess. I think they have their own distinctive appeal that today’s blockbusters lack (pitifully). Anyway, to me this movie - directed by one of my favourite directors, Blake Edwards - is magical. Not in a fantastically avant-garde, jolly wonderful way, but in a bittersweet and painfully realistic way that is just touching. The story revolves around an everyday-life couple, Joe and Kirsten Clay, played by Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick.

WYSW: How To Steal A Million (1966)

The first time I heard about this movie I was very much enchanted with Audrey Hepburn and her amazing talent. Her very first film that I watched was Breakfast At Tiffany’s, which turned out to be one of my favourite films of all time. Then there was Peter O’Toole as her love interest in here. I mean, you just cannot not love a Hepburn-O’Toole pairing! They make one very lovely couple, and in my opinion their on-screen chemistry is adorable in How To Steal A Million.

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I cannot describe my utter happiness about this. I now run my own legit film blog! Although there really is nothing to be proud of... I'm still in every way a newbie to this kind of thing. In fact, I'm also just an amateur when it comes to discussing movies! But then again, I believe that practice makes perfect.

And thus, I humbly welcome you to my new blog. Please don't expect clever, spot-on film reviews or intelligent cinematic talks in here... I post only the things that interest me -things closely related to the cinema and especially Classic Hollywood. Nothing more!

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