
by jhunie
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Just lately, I’ve been wondering why in my history of watching old films, I never sighted an Audrey Hepburn film in TCM, a channel repository for classic movies. Crouched in front of a grainy black and white TV screen, I like to pass the time as a nocturne by immersing myself in the old world. But I had not the slightest clue that you can actually watch the same films over the internet. The terms ‘video streaming’ register to mind – youtube, because of my not-so comprehensive understanding of the internet. I simply clicked a link where I was taken to a website called megavideo with a black theater-esque interface. From there, I was able to enjoy the entire movie from start to finish. I watched one of Audrey Hepburn’s finest portrayals in A Roman Holiday.
I had no idea about the movie’s storyline but the title seems a summative cue of it, overall. Little did I know the story tells the royal life of a princess who
dreams of escaping her world. Nevertheless, it wasn’t as complex as I had thought. The subject has been commonly replicated today, but I found this to be the original blueprint of all princess films. It peeks into the boring life of royalty at the beginning and Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann tours around Europe which is rather one of her duties to boost diplomatic affairs. Princess Ann wants to run away from the pressure that fills her shoes. Short but effective, I believe that part of the movie highlighted Audrey Hepburn’s graceful portrayal of a princess that I find no other actress, perhaps can outdo.
Audrey’s rich tone and restrained demeanor was quite convincing. Then she decides to escape in order to experience a regular life in the Roman city, only for a short while. She meets Joe Bradley who works as a newsman covering the princess’ trip to Rome. What happens next is a funny unadulterated relationship between the characters. Joe soon figures out that ...