January 28th, 2010

My favorite movie all time is "Breakfast At Tiffany's". It is an iconic and quintessential movie about New York City. I knew many people like the characters in this movie. But this movie is about love. About how people run into each other like two atomic particles in a maze of millions of particles in New York and then for some reason find each other and fall in love against all odds. The love scenarios in the movie is so complicated. Sometimes life is like that... The sweet combination of seriousness and comedy was played to perfection by Audrey Hepburn in her best role. This movie has the two of the best looking movie stars in their prime of all time: Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard. They, separately, were in many other movies, but looked best together in this movie. Audrey Hepburn is in all sorts of Givenchy dresses. I understand that the main dress that she wore in the opening scene of the movie where she gets out of a taxi in front of Tiffany's at 57th and 5th to look at the window sold at an auction for nearly $1 million. The movie came out in 1961. It was produced and directed by Blake Edwards of the "Pink Panther" fame. The book was by Truman Capote who also wrote "In Cold Blood". Henry Mancini music is throughout the movie. So nice... I must have seen this dozens of times. I love it. I recommend this highly to everyone. Remember "Moon River"...