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May 30Liked by Kelsey Rose

oh to be in the pre-easyjet era of Orly

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I can't imagine!!

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Funny Face is one of my all-time faves, and agree with the rec for Two for the Road (absolutely underrated!!!). Will throw a vote in there for Love in the Afternoon, lesser-known and a little problématique, one might say; but released in the same year (1957), filmed on location in Paris, and is a fun watch.

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I NEED to watch Love in the Afternoon! I have no excuse for not having seen it yet because Ray Eames designed the title sequence for that movie!! I'm the Eames Office's Archivist, so it's an insanely personal overlap!

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May 20Liked by Kelsey Rose

Wait Until Dark and Two For the Road

Two of her films that you don’t hear much about but are must sees with great clothes too

And yes Sabrina is a must

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Thank you for these important movie notes!!

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Literally came here to say the same. Like, Sabrina and Breakfast at Tiffany's show up on all the lists but Two for the Road is supremely underrated. Also Charade is just heckin' fun.

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I like the sound of heckin' fun! Thank you for adding to the list of Audrey goodness!

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May 21Liked by Kelsey Rose

Yes! Charade!! How could I forget!!

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May 19Liked by Kelsey Rose

As a musical skeptic, Aubrey's 'Funny Face' and 'An American in Paris' along with Jacques Demy's work blew my mind when I first watched them. The colours! The sets! The clothes! The layers of artistry! The ridiculous rom-com plots!

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I am also a musical skeptic! But then a movie like this comes along (and Mamma Mia—I'm a die-hard ABBA fan) and my mind is quickly changed! Glad I'm not alone. :)

Ooh, I need to see An American in Paris now. Thanks for the rec!

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I was OBSESSED with Funny Face and everything Audrey as a kid — I somehow convinced my teacher to let me read her (very grown-up) biography and do a report on it. Thank you for the dose of inspiration as always!

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I can totally envision little-you loving this movie and Audrey!! I think if I were to have been exposed to her as a kid, I would have done that report too! ❤️

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May 18Liked by Kelsey Rose

Recently showed it to my teen and now the quote “take the picture, take the picture” in approximations of Audrey’s adorable voice as she descends the steps of the Louvre for the photo shoot is in our family phrases rotation! Speaking of photos, I do hope you’ll share some from your upcoming wedding which sounds lovely. It’s been fun to follow along on the inspiration and I’m curious to see the necklace you mentioned. 😊

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I am hearing her voice in my head now! I love that it's become a phrase you shout at each other!

YES! I worry that I'm annoying everyone on Substack by mentioning the wedding so often. I'll definitely write about it after. :) Thanks for caring and for reading!

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I love this movie so much that I also wrote a post about it on my blog in 2013! 😂 I watched it again a couple of weeks ago after I returned from France. Full of amazing visual inspiration!

https://melaniebiehle.com/2013/07/youre-my-obsession-funny-face/

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Oh my goodness!!! It looks like we took VERY similar notes! It's truly wonderful!

Sabrina is next on the list. :)

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