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I first learn of the name Truman Capote in the film "Capote". That movie was awesome and afterwards, I was going to borrow the book In Cold Blood. Unfortunately, I either forgot all about it or I just didn't have time, and so, I never got to read it. Now that I've finished reading "Breakfast at Tiffany's," I am falling in love with Capote all over again. His writing is so good that I finished the novella in one shot! The plot is realisic, the characters are believable, and the way Capote writes is just awesome! I was disappointed by the ending, however, when Holly just left like that. I was also sad that the romatic feelings between the narrator and Holly were cut off so suddenly by the ending. I guess that just proves, however, that the novella is so good that I got so absorbed into the and the characters.

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And then I watched the famous movie. I didn't like it at all. Yes, I got my "fairytale ending," but I didn't feel anything. Unlike the original novella, the movie seemed so meaningless to me, and everything was just so fake. I also felt that the writer in the movie wasn't like the narrator in the novella at all. In the movie, he was much more assertive and unsypathetic; I didn't get the feelings that I got when I read the Capote's work. Although Audrey Hepburn was beautiful in the movie, and her acting was pretty good, I still wasn't convinced by her character. Again, I think it's because her "Holly" seemed so much different from that of Capote's: Hepburn's portrayal of Holly is more innocent and ditzy, while I feel that Capote's Holly is actually quite intelligent.

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So basically, the bottom line is, although Audrey Hepburn's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" look became her iconic look, the novella is far, far better than the movie. ps: I hate Mickey Rooney's character!

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--Elaine Li

Posted by elainel1023 on December 3, 2008
Tags: Breakfast At Tiffany's

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lilliansmilesand on whole page :

So…thanks for taking my laptop to write this in chemistry class xP
I read In Cold Blood in high school. It chronicled the lives of two men who murdered an entire family somewhere…It was regarded as “fictional non-fiction” or something like that because while the events were real, Capote inserted literary elements of fiction into it, such as symbolism, foreshadowing, etc, etc.
I don’t know if you’ll like that book though. I found it super boring. But I like your picture. :D
-Lillian H.

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December 3, 2008 7:46 pm
profjudell on whole page :

Please note that Capote disliked the film version. He wanted Marilyn Monroe to star in the feature.

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December 4, 2008 11:36 pm
elainel1023 on whole page :

i know.

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December 4, 2008 11:52 pm
npathiyil on whole page :

I feel that this is true for so many books turned into movies. All that is truly expressed and captured in a book is so frequently construed so differently by a screenwriter and all the nuances that the reader appreciated are so quickly warped into something totally different. There are so many examples of this such as The Devil Wears Prada, or The Great Gatsby, Twilight, or even Harry Potter. I think 9 out of ten time the original book, or novella in this case, is always better than the movie.

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December 7, 2008 5:17 am
profjudell on whole page :

There’s a belief that the worse the book, the better the film.

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December 8, 2008 2:00 am
srahman90 on whole page :

My heart goes out to the narrator of the story. I can only imagine how painful it must be to love someone with all your heart and to know that there is no chance that she loves you back. I wonder how old the narrator was because Holly was 19 (right???). I wonder if the narrator was able to sell one of his/her stories and make some money would he/she have followed Holly to Brazil. There should be a sequel where Holly comes back or the narrator someone finds Holly.

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December 10, 2008 3:35 am
profjudell on whole page :

“Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.”—Rainer Maria Rilke

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December 10, 2008 12:06 pm
srahman90 on whole page :

After watching a part of the movie last wednesday I realize how much better the book is then the movie. I was so glad i read the book first. The actor who played the narrator wasn’t what I expected at all. I pictured the narrator as a young character (in his teens or early 20s) and I didn’t picture him to be attractive at all. I don’t think Capote envisioned his narration as handsome because if he did then there should have been at lease one sex scene with Holly and the narrator.
Anyways….I was hoping to see the character who played the bar tender and see if he is gay in the film….that would help us try to figure out if he was gay in the novel

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December 14, 2008 11:46 pm

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