Why is Blake Edward's 1961 movie so called? I simply do not get it. There is only 1 scene in which Holly and Paul aka Fred appear inside Tiffany's. They did not have breakfast at the place. The merely spent the morning there for a while. So why does this little scene at the jewellery place end up being the title? Is there some cheem lit-sy thing that I'm missing? Is it because holly/lulu finds solace in that place? And it is also where indirectly, fred and holly fall in love? Any film students out there wanna explain this? (grins at adeline)
Anyway,I'm convinced that George Peppard has a contemporary look-alike. Casper van Dien. (how-do-you-spell-his-name) Right?? Its true!! The hair, those nice pretty eyes...
And is it me, or do folks in the 50s/60s speak different american english than they do today? It seems that their accents, their sentence structure all seem so foreign and a tad, well, more proper than today.
Also, i know this is quite a generalisation and i must declare that i am no film expert and that i have only watched less than 10 50s/60s film, but why are the men always either very quiet or they speak in this straight-talking somewhat monotonous tone while the women talk too fast and too much in every sentence while being superbly emotional? (And sometimes, they dont make sense..they talk about one thing but mean a totally different thing).
Gosh, its so tiring reading into what they say. I mean have you watched "A streetcar named desire". What on earth is that all about? I have to watch it more than once to get it and even then, im not sure if im getting it right!
Classics.
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i havent watched Breakfast At Tiffany's in such a long time but from what I remember of the film, she talks about how she loves to just walk past Tiffany's and "have her breakfast" while staring into the glass cases on display. She is a socialite, acting all sophisticated and flirtatious in public but just a sweet and vulnerable girl at heart. Her fascination with Tiffany's is akin to all women's dreams of having something pretty to wear (eg. why women love to buy clothes and shoes and jewelry) and for her it is also about how she wishes she could have that high life (because she actually comes from a humble background and wants to marry up into the world). so she goes to Tiffany's every morning to essentially dream (think Audrey Hepburn's scene in My Fair Lady when she is in the flower market and singing "Oh wouldn't it be loverly"). Also her morning ritual is kind of what makes her quirky and attractive to men - she is childlike in her dreaming of a better life and i think that is what makes him fall in love with her (partially) because he just wants to be the 'big strong man' who will protect such an innocent little girl. the scene at the end is wonderful cos it reveals how under her persona that she puts up, she has a heart and is so sweet. and that is when she realises she doesnt want to marry a rich man to live the high life. she just wants to be happy and loved.
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