Funny Face was on Cinemax Asia yesterday. (Pretty far from their usual fare.)
1957. Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Directed by Stanley Donen (who you might remember for the single greatest Oscar acceptance speech of all time.) I always thought of the film as a bit of a guilty pleasure, but I didn’t realize until watching it this time how wildly regressive it is.
I also hadn’t realized — but should have, since it’s blindingly obvious — that Audrey Hepburn is the prototypical Manic Pixie Dream Girl.