victor victoria
1982, blake edwards
Un film semplicemente travolgente e geniale. Julie andrews è bellissima: quando è uomo e quando è donna e blake edwards ridicolizza in modo elegante il machismo di james garner che non poteva accettare l’idea di essere attrato da un uomo affascinante.
King Marchand: I just find it hard to believe that you’re a man.
Victoria: Because you found me attractive as a woman?
King Marchand: Yes, as a matter of fact.
Victoria: That happens frequently.
King Marchand: Not to me.
Victoria: Just proves the old adage: “There’s a first time for everything.”
King Marchand: I don’t think so.
Victoria: But you’re not a hundred per cent sure?
King Marchand: Practically.
Victoria: Ah, but to a man like you, someone who believes he could never, under any circumstances find another man attractive, the margin between “practically” and “for sure” must be as wide as the Grand Canyon.
King Marchand: If you were a man, I’d knock your block off.
Victoria: And prove that *you’re* a man?
King Marchand: That’s a woman’s argument.
Victoria: Your problem, Mr. Marchand, is that you’re preoccupied with stereotypes. I think it’s as simple as you’re one kind of man, I’m another.
King Marchand: And what kind are you?
Victoria: One that doesn’t have to prove it. To myself, or anyone.
