Arabesque (1966)

My Movie Diary: 2012 (16 movies items)

"11/29/2012 My first time watching this. I've always liked both of these actors. Peck plays the quirky professor perfectly and Sophia Loren was perfect as a femme fatale with a heart. Fun film and very enjoyable. A mixture of spoof and earnest spy thriller all in one. One review I read said, "Like a funhouse without one square angle in it..." That sums it up in a nutshell. My favorite scenes? Peck and, a gloriously naked Loren, in the shower playing hide-the-soap; and Peck, drugged, escaping t"

Watched in 2012 (216 movies items)

"06-06-12"

Arabesque

“Stanley Donen, known primarily as the director of musicals like Singin’ in the Rain, was also quite adapt at making stylish espionage thrillers that gleefully mish-mashed genres and ideas together just to see what sparks would fly off. Charade is, without a doubt, the better of the two films, but Arabesque can be just as stylish and entertaining.

The plot, that silly little thing, concerns an American professor teaching at Oxford who gets wrapped up in the assassination plot of a foreign diplomat. Gregory Peck is the professor who specializes in Arabic hieroglyphics, and Sophia Loren is the enticing woman who keeps shifting her alliances and story. Peck gets to show off some action-hero muscles and gets his rich voice around some hilariously caustic quips. He really delivers t” read more

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