WIJFLT: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote narrated by Michael C. Hall

hydrangeablue

"Read a book whose movie version you have already seen. Post a WIJFR post to tell NBC about it." 

I really enjoyed the story and in this case was happy that I had seen the movie first; I'm usually very anti-watching the movie first and I'm actually kinda bummed that I watched the "If I Stay" trailer before reading the book. Anyway... I don't remember the movie that well so this is a great excuse for a rewatch to compare the two (thank you Netflix!). I don't remember Holly Golightly being quite as scandalous in the movie so it will be interesting to see if that's just my memory or if the movie plays that down. 

Michael C. Hall did a great job narrating. I love his voice and had a few moments where it brought me back to Dexter and messed with the tone of the novella but overall it was great! Amazing what a good character study and story Capote could put together with so few pages/minutes. 

Okay. I'm done rambling now...

j*&p*

I listened to this earlier this year too and thought it was fantastic. I've actually never seen the movie, but I remember hearing that the movie sort of softened Holly's brasher aspects. 

fabk

I have been meaning to listen to this one!!

hopecounts

hydrangeablue said:

"Read a book whose movie version you have already seen. Post a WIJFR post to tell NBC about it." 

I really enjoyed the story and in this case was happy that I had seen the movie first; I'm usually very anti-watching the movie first and I'm actually kinda bummed that I watched the "If I Stay" trailer before reading the book. Anyway... I don't remember the movie that well so this is a great excuse for a rewatch to compare the two (thank you Netflix!). I don't remember Holly Golightly being quite as scandalous in the movie so it will be interesting to see if that's just my memory or if the movie plays that down. 

She's not in the movie. They use a lot of innuendo and implications but never straight out reveal that she is a call girl, etc or that Paul is basically a gigolo. 

It's fairly easy to put the pieces together but they definitely played it safe, partially because Audrey Hepburn wasn't sure how her playing a call girl would be received as all her roles up to this point had been the good girl type role.

culturally Holly Golightly was part of the 60s transition and it was a fairly big deal for a 'good girl' to play a 'bad girl' most actresses up to that point were largely type cast as one or the other. 

and their PR promoted them as one or the other.

It's why Ingrid Bergman was shunned from Hollywood after her divorce and remarriage she had always been a good girl so when she left her husband for another man she was persona non grata.

fabk

There is a book l believe it was called Fifth Avenue, Five AM which is about Breakfast At Tiffanys. It looks at Truman Capote writing it and takes you all the way through tje making of the movie. Truman Capote really distanced himself from the movie because he wasn't happy with what they did to his work. It was fascinating.

fabk

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7057039-fifth-avenue-5-a-m?from_search=true

For anyone interested.

hydrangeablue

fabk said:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7057039-fifth-avenue-5-a-m?from_search=true

For anyone interested.

I did know that Capote wanted Marilyn to play Holly in the movie, and that he may have even written the character with Marilyn in mind. This book sounds so interesting, thank you for sharing!

hopecounts

fabk said:

There is a book l believe it was called Fifth Avenue, Five AM which is about Breakfast At Tiffanys. It looks at Truman Capote writing it and takes you all the way through tje making of the movie. Truman Capote really distanced himself from the movie because he wasn't happy with what they did to his work. It was fascinating.

Read this and it was such an interesting book, I really enjoyed it.