Tuesday, August 10, 2010

47. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

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It's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear.

A conversation I once overheard: ;)
-We've got nothing in common. No common ground to start from and it's tearing us apart.
-What about "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?
-I guess I remember the film, and, as I recall, I think we both kinda liked it.
-Well that's the one thing we got!

I admit to having only seen two of Audrey Hepburn's movies (both of which are on this list). She has that certain effortless charm that only come around once or twice in a generation. You can count on one hand the number of actresses in the last hundred years who would be able to pull of this role without seaming annoying, disgusting, or both. Consider this: Holly Golightly (one of the greatest character names of all time by the way) is a young party girl in New York who makes money from her gentleman escorts and from visiting a mobster in prison (and unwittingly transporting drug trade information). She is trying to marry Jose' for money while leading on a young penniless writer, drinking A LOT, and kicking her nameless cat out into the rain, all while feeling sorry for herself (and herself alone). Like a said, only Audry Hepburn pulls this off.

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