I’m only dropping by for a second today. I spent all my day hiking and neglected Summer Under the Stars. Oops. But I HAD TO watch something – I mean, it’s Audrey Hepburn day! So I decided that it was time to tackle the BIG movie.
War and Peace (1956)
What people know about War and Peace (even if they haven’t seen it) is that it’s VERY LONG. And it is – three and a half hours long. But it still is nowhere close to being comparable to the novel. So it omits a lot and focuses on three characters: Natasha, Pierre, and Andrei.
Audrey Hepburn is starring alongside her then husband Mel Ferrer and Henry Fonda who feels old and miscast (still, I’m glad he’s here for the Summer Under the Stars purposes since we kicked off the month with him and I surely did not get to War and Peace then).
This film can be nice to look at but it is a struggle to get through. I have not seen any of the miniseries adaptations but I’m now excited to check them out. Vidor’s War and Peace just ain’t it.
Swingin' at the Seance 