Paris When It Sizzles
After adapting The Manchurian Candidate, legendary screenwriter George Axelrod turned his attention to this “marshmallow-weight hokum” directed by Richard Quine. William Holden and Audrey Hepburn play a capricious screenwriter and his eager to please secretary in a comedy rife with in-jokes and cameos including Tony Curtis and Marlene Dietrich. The passage of time has given Quine’s breezy romance a boost; it’s now seen as an enjoyable nostalgia item and superbly photographed travelogue.
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San Francisco filmmaker Daniel Kremer has provided audio commentary tracks for Kino Lorber, Shout! Factory, AGFA, and Scorpion disc releases, and essays for Twilight Time special editions. His acclaimed epic-length film Overwhelm the Sky (2019), adapted from a 1799 American Gothic novel, was screened internationally in classic roadshow format, complete with overture, intermission, and printed souvenir programs. These deluxe screenings received many accolades before Kino Lorber acquired distribution rights. Kremer's book Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films was published through Patrick McGilligan's Screen Classics Series in 2015. He is currently under contract at Oxford University Press for the first book about Joan Micklin Silver. His other films include the independent dramas Raise Your Kids on Seltzer (2015) and Ezer Kenegdo (2017). He enjoys doing commentary tracks with fellow TFH guru Allan Arkush.
Thanks for sticking up for this. It’s always been unfairly maligned by people who don’t understand what Quine and Axelrod were doing. The messiness is a big part of its charm.