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Breakfast
at Tiffany's (1961)
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Director:
Blake Edwards |
COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Romance/Comedy |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Frokost hos Tiffanys |
RUNNING
TIME
114 minutes |
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Producer:
Martin Jurow
Richard Shepherd |
Screenwriter (based on the novella by Truman Capote):
Geroge Axelrod |
Review
The reason why this classic has stood
the test of time better than you'd expect isn't a progressive view
on gender-roles or moralistic discussions – of which it has several,
albeit of lesser weight. Instead, the timelessness has to do with
purely filmatic qualities: character-development, narrative
progression, and not least a spirited, iconic performance by Audrey
Hepburn, who makes her character Holly Golightly transcend her
time-specific hardships and instead embody a universal romantic
character tradition – to which we all belong in one way or another.
She's pathetic and brilliant, gruff and sophisticated, brittle and
over-confident. Her interplay with the collected, safe haven Paul
Varjak is obviously the key to the film's success. And Mickey
Rooney's awkward, unfunny and badly conceived character can't
destroy more than your common sense lets it.
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