30 Days Book Meme: Day Nineteen
Day Nineteen: Favourite book turned into a movie
Gigi by Colette
The book - novella - is sharp, controversial and witty. The 1958 film captures the story, characters and humour, before camping the whole thing up in glorious Technicolor, with songs, scenery and Louis Jourdan. Fabulous! (I also totally have a soft spot for Maurice Chevalier!) Both versions work in different ways - Colette's story is more in-your-face about a young girl from a family of courtesans being trained for her future profession, but Hollywood was still gagged and bound by the Hays Code (and I mean that in a totally innocent way, with no sexual connotations) , so Vincente Minelli's film tones down the cynicism and ramps up the romance instead *le swoon*
Gigi by Colette
The book - novella - is sharp, controversial and witty. The 1958 film captures the story, characters and humour, before camping the whole thing up in glorious Technicolor, with songs, scenery and Louis Jourdan. Fabulous! (I also totally have a soft spot for Maurice Chevalier!) Both versions work in different ways - Colette's story is more in-your-face about a young girl from a family of courtesans being trained for her future profession, but Hollywood was still gagged and bound by the Hays Code (and I mean that in a totally innocent way, with no sexual connotations) , so Vincente Minelli's film tones down the cynicism and ramps up the romance instead *le swoon*