OMG! :eek:
(the Count) “Ooh, dat scares even me.” (the Count).
I was just delighted to see Audrey Hepburn again. She was not only beautiful and sophisticated, but in this dance routine, kooky and adorable. I’d like to see more of that.
I think the next commercial of this type will be Bruce Lee pitching Nintendo Wii nunchaku.
Agreed, agreed and agreed. If only I ever could have aspired to 1/100th of whatever is was she had. ::: sigh ::: Anyway, count me on the side of having absolutely loved the commercial for all the reasons stated above and more. It’s just so damn fun! Also, the juxtaposition of AC/DC with Audrey Hepburn is not only hilarious, it’s downright delicious because of the irony. (Yeah, I know another poster disagrees, but I’m sorry, I hear I’m cantankerus that way.)
Supposedly at Fashion Week all the pants were bigger and loose and Kate Moss was recently photographed in higher waisted boot cut jeans. So, there’s hope.
Sigh…
Let me guess: you’re about 20, right? I mean no disrespect, but it was perfectly possible to take sharp, high-quality, non-blurred color photographs from the 1940s (when Ms. Hepburn was a teenager) on. Just because an image was shot on film doesn’t mean it is inferior. Here’s another great color photo of Ms. Hepburn that probably slightly pre-dates the one in the wallpaper. (There are hundreds of other wonderful pictures of her at IMDb.com, many in color.)
I suppose it’s possible that the creator of the wallpaper goosed the image a bit with Photoshop, but it is more likely that any retouching was done the old fashioned way, with real brushes and real retouching paints, fifty years or so ago, shortly after the picture was made. But I doubt much was needed.
She certainly was a beautiful woman. Roman Holiday is one of my favorite movies, but (IMO) she looked just as beautiful in her last film, Always, at age 60, as she did at 24 in Roman Holiday.
I felt… strange about the commercial. I love it; I really do. I think the dance is fantastic and the music is punchy and the looping dialogue is kooky. She looks marvelous. The dancing fits the context of the commercial, as does the brightly coloured abstract imagery.
But, being a longtime fan of the woman, I was disturbed to see that her likeness was sold to the GAP to pitch pants. She never struck me as the sort of woman who would endorse something she didn’t truly love.
I think that the commercials are annoying. It seems unfair to see someone who spent a lifetime doing things the right way to develop an image of sophistication and class, as well as being a giving and charitable person, be used by her heirs to sell stupid trendy crap from a stupid clothing store. it is especially because instead of portraying her like the icon she is (or was), she is dancing around like a clown to a song that does not fit. In addition, the commercial is intended for people who do not even know who she is. I know that it does not matter to her now how her image is being used, with her being dead and all, but it still seems disrespectful.
It is also sad to see my favorite band (in 8th grade anyway) sell one of their greatest songs to the Gap.