Audrey Hepburn in Amsterdam - Part 1

Yesterday I went with my dad to the Filmmuseum and watched two films of Audrey. When I entered the Filmmuseum, I saw a lot of pictures, press cuttings, artwork and so on of Audrey. As Varjak already stated, it really is a temple for Audrey addicts. I haven't been to the exhibition, which I regret now a little. Well, now on to the movies. The first was "The Unforgiven". It was a great film. Audrey and Burt were great in this one. What funny was in this film was that when Rachel says yes to Charlie, she actually doesn't mean it. She wants Ben, but Ben doesn't show his feelings for her. For example the scene with Ben and Rachel on the horse. He only wants to protect her. Later on, when the battle against the Kiowa's is finished, he acknowledges it. At the end of the movie I thought all 4 would be killed by the Kiowa's, but fortunately her brother came to help them out. The second was "The Children's Hour". Great movie too. Personally I think it was better than the Unforgiven. Audrey and Shirley were great in this one, James too. I liked Audrey's hair in this film. A funny scene in the movie is when Joe drives twice around before he leaves the driveway. That little girl, what is her name again,... Mary, she was very mean. How could she do that to Karen and Martha. The end was really sad, but it was very good, the best part of the film in my opion. Between these two movies I saw a part of the two documentaries Varjak already mentioned. About the audience, there were people of different generations. The majority were aged people. I guess they had seen this movie when they were as old as I am now. I think I was the youngest in the audience. There are a lot of people of my age at this forum, so I think it's not unnatural.
Today I went to "Roman Holiday". I want to tell you a little story. I hadn't made reservations for this movie. When I showed up, there was sheet of paper pasted on the window saying Roman Holiday sold out. There still were other showings. But I came especially to Amsterdam to see this film. I was disappointed at the beginning. Then I heard a man talking about a waitlist. A few moments later I saw a woman asking the cashier to put her on the waitlist. I immediately reacted and asked the same. I thought maybe I can go. A few minutes later, it was only 25 minutes before the showing, the cashier said that because there were people who didn't show up to get their reserved tickets he will start to call some names which are on the waitlist from now and then. After ten minutes it was my turn. He asked my name, I said mine and I bought the ticket. What a relief. Then I immediately went to the entrance of the room where the movie will be showed. There were already a lot of people waiting in front of the entrance. At 17h14 they let us in. The film started 10 minutes later as scheduled because of the people who had made reservations. I searched for a good seat. I sat next to a man who was aged, his friend had already seen the movie but he hadn't. So it was really exciting for him too. I had already seen it, but I wanted to see it in the theatre. As I said, it's not the same as when you've got it on DVD or on VHS. In the theatre there is another sphere, eg. you can also see the reactions of the audience. There was a lot of laughter. Especially the scene where Joe throws Anne on the ottoman and afterwards carries her to the bed, the scene where Joe spilled on Irving and the scene where Anne hits the secret agent with a guitar. Roman Holiday was awesome. Audrey, Greg and Eddie made this film big. After the movie I saw a part of the interview of Henk Van Der Meyden with Audrey. I heard it was 80' long. In this interview Audrey wears a red dress and they talk about a lot of things such as her movies, her views on life and so on. I didn't have the chance to see the whole interview. Has anyone seen this interview or maybe better, does anyone have it on tape? The same question goes for the documentary about Audrey working for Unicef.
I had a lot of fun these two days. Maybe I'll go again, maybe I won't. I'll go again if I can. But there are still some 2 big weeks. Who knows.
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