英語で映画トークコミュのBreakfast at Tiffany's :The book & The movie

This movie is based on a book written by Truman Capote, but there are a lot of differences between the book and the movie.

In the book, "I" and Holly are friends till the end. But, In the movie, they love each other at the end. In the book, Holly doesn't want to be possessed by anyone or anything. ''I'' gave her St. Christopher's medal, which was a charm of travel, as a present. But, in the movie, she wants to find a nice husband. In the end, she settled down to be married. And, She lived up to people's expectation. She was a tamed heroin. I think Holly in the book is more attractive because she was free and unrestrained from the beginning to the end.

But, Audrey Hepburn was so pretty. Capote wanted Marilin Monroe to act Holly, but I don't think she looks elegant like Hepburn. She has high sexuality. It's too much.

In Japan, Audrey Hepburn is very famous and popular, so a lot of people know the movie. Mickey Rooney acted a Japanese neighbor who were wearing glasses, short, not cool, annoying. It's kind of discrimination. I've heard they used yellow face( It means applying yellow paint to white actors' face). Now it is banned because it is discrimination.

I'd like to discuss the symbolism of Tiffany's in the book. Tiffany's is a fancy jewly shop. It represents capitalism in the book. It's set in the 1930s in the book. Note: it's set in the 1960s in the movie. The 1930s is the age of the Red Scare. People were afraid of communism and they were poor and had a hard time because of the Depression. So, Holly liked going to Tiffany's because she felt free and comfortable there. She didn't have to care about the Red Scare. Tiffany's is a metaphor for capitalism. Capitalism is associated with freedom. Free is the good adjetive for Holly.

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