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Watching Breakfast At Tiffany's makes me wish I had studied the novel at school. I know that the film changes certain plot elements, particularly the ending, but I would be curious to pick apart the book. The films leaves me feeling somewhat similar to how I did when I finished reading "The Catcher In The Rye", except that I loathed that book.
I bought this film because it's one of those classics that I thought I should have. Incidentally, that's the only reason I read "The Catcher In The Rye" at all, because it's labelled a classic and I thought I should. I guess I expected to be more moved by both. In the case of this film though, I didn't leave with a thorough dislike of it. (I really, REALLY don't like "The Catcher In The Rye"). I will admit though that I feel... indifferent. Perhaps it's partly because, gorgeous as Audrey Hepburn was, she does seem a tad miscast as Holly Golightly. The character is superficial and vague, which is hard to believe of Hepburn. I have trouble connecting with narratives where I can't see why I should care about the characters. I think that Breakfast At Tiffany's is a film that I need to watch repeatedly, in order to uncover Holly's substance.
Final Thought: Having grown up listening to Henry Mancini (as mentioned previously), I find the score to this film very familiar and comforting, so I did enjoy that.
Up Next: The Breakfast Club (1985)
I thought I'd seen this film at least twice.
I was almost right.
I've started it at least twice, and then fallen asleep, been distracted, or had to leave.
This means that I've seen sections of it, but it turns out that I have never seen the end.
That means that, each time I see this, I'm surprised by how great Matt Damon is in an action movie. Matt Damon huh? Who would have thought?
I still feel like I need to watch this film again. I missed some intricacies as I was revelling in merely being conscious for the whole thing. It's a bit terrible that I've fallen asleep in a film so gripping.
It's a great film, it really is, I'm just still a bit unsure of what actually happens. I missed key parts of narrative by exclaiming "Omigod I haven't seen this bit!! Oh things make much more sense now!" And it's not that the film is overly complex, I just have severe gaps in my absorption of it.
I need to be less excitable next time.
Final Thought: Thinking about it now, I still can't actually recall how things tie together. Dammit.
Up Next: Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)
