Wednesday, April 15, 2015
The Audrey Quest Part Three: "Breakfast At Tiffany 's."
This Is a movie that I have wanted to see for years. This is the perfect time, as I am on the Audrey Quest! "Breakfast At Tiffany's" was a 1961 movie based on the novella by Truman Capote.
Audrey Hepburn plays Holly Golightly, a call girl socialite type who becomes attracted to her neighbour, Paul Varjak, played by George Peppard. Paul is a writer. Paul also finds out that Holly is not exactly who she says she is.....that's all I am going to say.
The plot is a little confusing, it took a little while to see what it was really about. The opening scene has Audrey is a black evening gown and jewellry, eating breakfast in front of the fancy store, Tiffany's. She looked so out of place being so elegant yet, eating a Danish from a paper bag, with long gloves!! Now, eating in front of some high class store, is probably something I would do, after all, I try on fur coats in thrift stores just to look in the mirror and imagine myself ritzy, Ha Ha. Apparently, Audrey Hepburn does not like danishes.
One of the oddest aspects of this movie is that Mickey Rooney, a totally Irish guy, plays Holly's Asian neighbour. Of course he wore a ton of makeup. I love Mickey Rooney, but I don't know why they couldn't get an actual Asian guy instead of making a stereotypical caricature.
In this movie, Audrey actually did her own singing for "Moon River"! When she plays the guitar, you notice how long her fingers are. Wow! The only thing that was dubbed for her in this movie was her whistle. She could not do the two fingered whistle. Neither can I!! This is another movie where she plays a 19 year old and she is in her 30s, couldn't tell the differance!
Her outfits were gorgeous in this movie. One thing I loved most was getting to see NYC. I've always wanted to go. One day I will! So, even though I could not understand a lot of it, I highly recommend it because everyone says you should see it. Plus, Audrey Hepburn is awesome and that is another reason!!! Stay tuned!
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One of my all time favorite movies! The book makes it much more clear that Holly Golightly is a call girl, they really toned that down in the movie (as they had to in movies back then). Wasn't George Peppard dreamy in that movie :) The scene at the end with the cat in the rain, I ALWAYS cry at that part, lol, I'm such a sap! Btw I was thinking about you, and Audrey Hepburn movies, last night, and another of her movies that I love and have not seen in a long time is The Nun's Story. Excellent movie that I definitely want to see again soon!
ReplyDelete"The Nun's Story" is on my list!!! :) :) Yes, they really made them dreamy back then. The end is very tear provoking indeed!! Plus, the score was great. I have to read the book! :) :)
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