Введение
«Арабеск» – американский комедийный шпионский триллер 1966 года, снятый Стэнли Доненом, в главных ролях Грегори Пек и София Лорен. Сценарий написали Джулиан Митчелл, Стэнли Прайс и Питер Стоун по мотивам романа Алекса Гордона (псевдоним Гордона Котлера) «Шифр» 1961 года. Фильм, наряду с предыдущей работой Донена «Шарада» (1963), обычно описывают как «хитчкоковский», поскольку в нем главный герой – невинный и обычный человек, вовлеченный в опасные и экстраординарные ситуации. Это был последний фильм этого жанра, снятый Доненом. Продюсер и режиссер Стэнли Донен хотел, чтобы роль Поллока исполнил Кэри Грант, с которым он работал в «Шараде», и диалоги для Поллока были написаны с учетом Гранта. Однако позже Донен сказал:
Arabesque is a 1966 American comedy thriller spy film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, written by Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price, and Peter Stone based on The Cipher, a 1961 novel by Alex Gordon (pseudonym of Gordon Cotler). The film, along with Donen's immediately prior film Charade (1963), is usually described as being "Hitchcockian", as it features as a protagonist an innocent and ordinary man thrust into dangerous and extraordinary situations. It was the last film of that genre which Donen would make. Producer/director Stanley Donen wanted Cary Grant for the role of Pollock after working with him in his previous film Charade, and the dialogue for Pollock was written with Grant in mind. However, Donen was later quoted as saying,
[Grant] didn't want to be in it It wasn't a good script and I didn't want to make it, but Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, whom I loved, wanted to be in it and the studio implored me to make it, because, they said, 'It's ridiculous not to make a film with Peck and Sophia.' They said it would make money, and they were right. Donen later estimated that $400,000 was spent on the script alone and cinematographer Christopher Challis recalled that the film went through several rewrites. Peter Stone, who was brought in very late to make improvements in the dialogue, said that Donen "shot it better than he ever shot any picture. Everything was shot as though it were a reflection in a Rolls Royce headlamp. "</blockquote>
Peck said about Donen that
<blockquote>Stanley had a terrific instinct, like a choreographer, which, of course, he had been. But even in an ordinary dramatic sequence he'd use the body to punctuate what was happening — standing, relaxing, everything, it was all choreographed. If you look at the picture, we were always moving, because Stanley just wanted to keep the ball in the air the entire time, and he used every camera trick you could think of. He also loved filming Sophia's decolletage and her rear end. Many internal and external scenes were shot at Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire. At the time the building was a disaster recovery site owned by the ANZ Banking Group and was largely unused and unfurnished. The railway bridge action scene was filmed on the historic Crumlin Viaduct in Crumlin, Caerphilly, which was being dismantled at the time. Loren's character drove a Mercedes Benz 230SL. The Rolls Royce Phantom IV which appears in the film was originally owned by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester it is one of only eighteen Phantom IV examples ever built.
«Грант не хотел в нем сниматься. Сценарий был не очень хорош, и я тоже не хотел его снимать, но Грегори Пек и София Лорен, которых я любил, очень хотели участвовать, и студия умоляла меня взяться за работу, говоря: «Не снимать фильм с Пеком и Софией – это абсурд». Они сказали, что он будет прибыльным, и они оказались правы».
Arabesque is a 1966 American comedy thriller spy film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, written by Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price, and Peter Stone based on The Cipher, a 1961 novel by Alex Gordon (pseudonym of Gordon Cotler). The film, along with Donen's immediately prior film Charade (1963), is usually described as being "Hitchcockian", as it features as a protagonist an innocent and ordinary man thrust into dangerous and extraordinary situations. It was the last film of that genre which Donen would make. Producer/director Stanley Donen wanted Cary Grant for the role of Pollock after working with him in his previous film Charade, and the dialogue for Pollock was written with Grant in mind. However, Donen was later quoted as saying,
[Grant] didn't want to be in it It wasn't a good script and I didn't want to make it, but Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, whom I loved, wanted to be in it and the studio implored me to make it, because, they said, 'It's ridiculous not to make a film with Peck and Sophia.' They said it would make money, and they were right. Donen later estimated that $400,000 was spent on the script alone and cinematographer Christopher Challis recalled that the film went through several rewrites. Peter Stone, who was brought in very late to make improvements in the dialogue, said that Donen "shot it better than he ever shot any picture. Everything was shot as though it were a reflection in a Rolls Royce headlamp. "</blockquote>
Peck said about Donen that
<blockquote>Stanley had a terrific instinct, like a choreographer, which, of course, he had been. But even in an ordinary dramatic sequence he'd use the body to punctuate what was happening — standing, relaxing, everything, it was all choreographed. If you look at the picture, we were always moving, because Stanley just wanted to keep the ball in the air the entire time, and he used every camera trick you could think of. He also loved filming Sophia's decolletage and her rear end. Many internal and external scenes were shot at Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire. At the time the building was a disaster recovery site owned by the ANZ Banking Group and was largely unused and unfurnished. The railway bridge action scene was filmed on the historic Crumlin Viaduct in Crumlin, Caerphilly, which was being dismantled at the time. Loren's character drove a Mercedes Benz 230SL. The Rolls Royce Phantom IV which appears in the film was originally owned by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester it is one of only eighteen Phantom IV examples ever built.
Позже Донен оценил, что только на сценарий было потрачено 400 000 долларов, а оператор Кристофер Чаллис вспоминал, что фильм прошел через несколько редакций. Питер Стоун, которого поздно пригласили для улучшения диалогов, сказал, что Донен «снял его лучше, чем когда-либо снимал какой-либо фильм. Все было снято так, словно это отражение в фаре Rolls-Royce».
Arabesque is a 1966 American comedy thriller spy film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, written by Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price, and Peter Stone based on The Cipher, a 1961 novel by Alex Gordon (pseudonym of Gordon Cotler). The film, along with Donen's immediately prior film Charade (1963), is usually described as being "Hitchcockian", as it features as a protagonist an innocent and ordinary man thrust into dangerous and extraordinary situations. It was the last film of that genre which Donen would make. Producer/director Stanley Donen wanted Cary Grant for the role of Pollock after working with him in his previous film Charade, and the dialogue for Pollock was written with Grant in mind. However, Donen was later quoted as saying,
[Grant] didn't want to be in it It wasn't a good script and I didn't want to make it, but Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, whom I loved, wanted to be in it and the studio implored me to make it, because, they said, 'It's ridiculous not to make a film with Peck and Sophia.' They said it would make money, and they were right. Donen later estimated that $400,000 was spent on the script alone and cinematographer Christopher Challis recalled that the film went through several rewrites. Peter Stone, who was brought in very late to make improvements in the dialogue, said that Donen "shot it better than he ever shot any picture. Everything was shot as though it were a reflection in a Rolls Royce headlamp. "</blockquote>
Peck said about Donen that
<blockquote>Stanley had a terrific instinct, like a choreographer, which, of course, he had been. But even in an ordinary dramatic sequence he'd use the body to punctuate what was happening — standing, relaxing, everything, it was all choreographed. If you look at the picture, we were always moving, because Stanley just wanted to keep the ball in the air the entire time, and he used every camera trick you could think of. He also loved filming Sophia's decolletage and her rear end. Many internal and external scenes were shot at Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire. At the time the building was a disaster recovery site owned by the ANZ Banking Group and was largely unused and unfurnished. The railway bridge action scene was filmed on the historic Crumlin Viaduct in Crumlin, Caerphilly, which was being dismantled at the time. Loren's character drove a Mercedes Benz 230SL. The Rolls Royce Phantom IV which appears in the film was originally owned by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester it is one of only eighteen Phantom IV examples ever built.
Пек говорил о Донене: «У Стэнли был потрясающий инстинкт, как у хореографа, которым он, конечно, и был. Но даже в обычной драматической сцене он использовал тело, чтобы подчеркнуть происходящее – стоя, расслабляясь, все было продумано как хореография. Если вы посмотрите фильм, мы постоянно двигались, потому что Стэнли хотел держать все под контролем, и он использовал все возможные операторские приемы. Он также любил снимать декольте Софии и ее фигуру. Многие внутренние и внешние сцены были сняты в Тайрингхэм-холле в графстве Баккингемшир. В то время здание принадлежало ANZ Banking Group и использовалось как центр восстановления после катастроф, поэтому оно было в основном не занято и не обставлено мебелью. Сцена на железнодорожном мосту была снята на историческом виадуке Крамлина в Крамлине, Кэрфилли, который в то время разбирали. Персонаж Лорен ездила на Mercedes-Benz 230SL. Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, который появляется в фильме, первоначально принадлежал принцу Генриху, герцогу Глостерскому. Это один из всего восемнадцати построенных экземпляров Phantom IV.
Arabesque is a 1966 American comedy thriller spy film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, written by Julian Mitchell, Stanley Price, and Peter Stone based on The Cipher, a 1961 novel by Alex Gordon (pseudonym of Gordon Cotler). The film, along with Donen's immediately prior film Charade (1963), is usually described as being "Hitchcockian", as it features as a protagonist an innocent and ordinary man thrust into dangerous and extraordinary situations. It was the last film of that genre which Donen would make. Producer/director Stanley Donen wanted Cary Grant for the role of Pollock after working with him in his previous film Charade, and the dialogue for Pollock was written with Grant in mind. However, Donen was later quoted as saying,
[Grant] didn't want to be in it It wasn't a good script and I didn't want to make it, but Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, whom I loved, wanted to be in it and the studio implored me to make it, because, they said, 'It's ridiculous not to make a film with Peck and Sophia.' They said it would make money, and they were right. Donen later estimated that $400,000 was spent on the script alone and cinematographer Christopher Challis recalled that the film went through several rewrites. Peter Stone, who was brought in very late to make improvements in the dialogue, said that Donen "shot it better than he ever shot any picture. Everything was shot as though it were a reflection in a Rolls Royce headlamp. "</blockquote>
Peck said about Donen that
<blockquote>Stanley had a terrific instinct, like a choreographer, which, of course, he had been. But even in an ordinary dramatic sequence he'd use the body to punctuate what was happening — standing, relaxing, everything, it was all choreographed. If you look at the picture, we were always moving, because Stanley just wanted to keep the ball in the air the entire time, and he used every camera trick you could think of. He also loved filming Sophia's decolletage and her rear end. Many internal and external scenes were shot at Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire. At the time the building was a disaster recovery site owned by the ANZ Banking Group and was largely unused and unfurnished. The railway bridge action scene was filmed on the historic Crumlin Viaduct in Crumlin, Caerphilly, which was being dismantled at the time. Loren's character drove a Mercedes Benz 230SL. The Rolls Royce Phantom IV which appears in the film was originally owned by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester it is one of only eighteen Phantom IV examples ever built.
Прием
Арабеска получила смешанные и в целом положительные отзывы критиков и зрителей, на Rotten Tomatoes фильм удостоился 74% положительных рецензий. Фильм имел кассовый успех. Variety написала: "Арабеска содержит определенные привлекательные элементы, однако недостатки заключаются в запутанном сюжете и невнятных персонажах, особенно неудачным выбором Пека на очаровательную роль".