1. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces: The First Animated Film?
Oct 1, 2017 · All this being explained, what follows is an examination of my fifth favorite 1906 film, HUMOROUS PHASES OF FUNNY FACES, directed by J. Stuart ...
As with many firsts, filmic or otherwise, the 1906 animated film’s landmark status has a little asterisk affixed to it.
2. Funny Face - The Film Rewind
Feb 28, 2022 · How and why did I go so long without seeing Stanley Donen's beloved film? However, while my expectations of Funny Face were extremely high, ...
What a surprise: another Film Club pick that was previously a blind spot in my film viewing! That I hadn’t seen Funny Face before this week was most appalling because my favorite genre of film is the musical and two of my favorite movie stars are Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn…
3. Guilty Pleasure Movie: Funny Face - Kate Norlander
Nov 9, 2020 · Funny Face is all about fashion and romance. Kay Thompson (yes, the author of Eloise) plays fashion magazine editor Diana Vreeland. Maggie Prescott.
Note: This review of Funny Face contains spoilers. I wanted to dig into the movie a little in order to discuss its good points and flaws. The only way I could do that was to give away the plot. If you don’t want to spoil the movie, please watch it first. Then come back and let me know if you agree with my assessment of it.
4. Funny Face Movie Review | Common Sense Media
Funny Face Movie: Scene #1; Funny Face Movie: Scene #2. Funny Face. Parent and ... None of these characters are given a history except Jo, a cloistered ...
Bubbly, fashion-crazed Hepburn-Astaire musical. Read Common Sense Media's Funny Face review, age rating, and parents guide.
5. Funny Face (1957) HD - Video Dailymotion
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6. Film Review: 'Funny Face' Forges a Bond in the Face of Oppression
... Forges a Bond in the Face of Oppression. by Joey Magidson 4 years ago 1 Comment ... That even seems more likely once the former are decidedly on the ...
Funny Face is a challenging yet contemplative look at a Coney Island-centered bond that forms in the face of oppression.
7. Astaire loves Hepburn's... Funny Face (1957)
Jan 9, 2016 · Naturally, I gravitated to the movie section -- I was about a year into my obsession with classic films, and I was still in that phase where ...
It was 2008. My sister and I were wandering around Target aimlessly. Naturally, I gravitated to the movie section -- I was about a year ...
8. Funny Face (1957) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
1h 43m 1957 Funny Face Brief Synopsis Read More A fashion photographer turns a Greenwich Village unknown into an international supermodel.
A fashion photographer turns a Greenwich Village unknown into an international supermodel.
9. Funny Face | Rotten Tomatoes
Funny Face. Previous. Funny Face photo 1. Funny Face (2020) ... The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review.
Origin Story. A young Muslim woman runs away from her aunt and uncle's house desperate for a new life, but quickly finds that she must survive on the street. A disturbed young man from Coney Island dons the menacing "Funny Face" mask, transforming himself into a makeshift superhero with a rage disorder as he seeks revenge on the Real Estate Developer of a soulless high rise that has displaced his grandparents. Misfit avengers in a changing city, the two embark on a neighborhood odyssey that brings danger, love, and tragedy. And pickles.
10. Funny Face | Film Locations
... given the opportunity to become a fashion model. That said, Funny Face remains one of the most endearingly enjoyable of old-school musicals, with the George ...
Travel guide to filming locations for Funny Face (1957) in Paris.
11. FUNNY FACE - Film Forum
April 16 FUNNY FACE URGENT TEXT: Easter Sunday! Directed by Stanley Donen Starring Fred Astaire & Audrey Hepburn With songs by George Gershwin (1957, ...
April 16 FUNNY FACE URGENT TEXT: Easter Sunday! Directed by Stanley Donen Starring Fred Astaire & Audrey Hepburn With songs by George Gershwin (1957, Stanley Donen) Relentlessly thinking Pink, Kay Thompson’s Quality magazine honcho (based on Vogue legend Diana Vreeland) and her minions swarm a Greenwich Village bookshop, but Fred Astaire’s photographer “Dick Avery” (based on visual consultant Richard Avedon) thinks the overwhelmed clerk, gamine Audrey Hepburn, is just the right face for that “new look.” Empty, shallow modeling contract vs. turtle-necked professor Emile Flostre’s “Empathicalism?” Oh, there’s a trip to philosophical hotbed Paris thrown in… along with a score of Gershwin evergreens (and originals by Roger Edens); nightclub great/Eloise creator Thompson in one of only two major movie appearances; Astaire creating a courtyard bullfight with only a red-lined raincoat and an umbrella; Hepburn, in basic noir, letting herself go in a smokey bohemian boîte; the three performing together (in split screen) for the ebullient “Bonjour Paris!” – through stunning locations of a city that never looked more inviting; topped by the equally-locationed fashion shoot and its electrifying finale: Hepburn, a scarlet Givenchy gown, and the “Victory of Samothrace.” DCP. Approx. 103 min. “One of the last great musicals!” – David Thomson “Knocks most other musicals off the screen for its visual beauty, its witty panache, and its totally uncalculating charm… The charm is everyw...
12. Fashion vs. Empathicalism: Audrey Hepburn in 'Funny Face' (Stanley ...
May 4, 2019 · Review of Funny Face (1957), the first of three collaborations between movie director Stanley Donen and actress Audrey Hepburn.
Review of Funny Face (1957), the first of three collaborations between movie director Stanley Donen and actress Audrey Hepburn.
13. Funny Face (1957 film) | The Title Screens Wiki - Fandom
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14. Funny Face review – 'A brittle charm' - The Guardian
Feb 27, 2014 · ... 1. 1. comments. Sunshine on Leith – review. 3 Oct 2013. 39. 39. comments ... movie': Sean Baker on his Palme d'Or-winning lapdance film. 3d ago ...
This 1957 musical makes an unconvincing May-to-December pairing of Hepburn and Astaire, but the gorgeous confectionary has its moments, writes Peter Bradshaw
15. Funny Face (1957) - Art of the Title
Jul 24, 2015 · Avedon's life not only provided the basis for Funny Face, but his work took centre stage in the film as well, most notably in its opening titles ...
An immaculately arrayed montage of magazine covers, contact sheets, and perfectly posed models introduce viewers to Stanley Donen’s 1957 musical Funny Face – and the glamorous, glossy world of mid-century high fashion that serves as the film’s backdrop.
Featuring a title and theme song pilfered from an unrelated 1927 Gershwin musical of the same name, Funny Face is based on the early career of legendary fashion photographer Richard Avedon – known for his iconic portraits of the rich and famous – and his model/actress wife Doe. Written by Avedon’s friend Leonard Gershe, the film stars Audrey Hepburn as Jo Stockton, a fresh-faced model discovered by hot shot shutterbug Dick Avery, played by Fred Astaire. See what they did there?
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Avedon’s life not only provided the basis for Funny Face, but his work took centre stage in the film as well, most notably in its opening titles. Avedon designed all the backgrounds used in the sequence, laying out each shot like a fashion magazine spread – an homage to his own fashion photography and the work of Alexey Brodovitch, the former art director of Harper’s Bazaar.{{im:7649}}
But Avedon's involvement in the project didn’t end with the opening; he was also intimately involved in the rest of the production. In addition to creating the fashion magazine-inspired backgrounds for the opening title sequ...
