Leaving Well Alone

[poliphilo]

Judy asks me what I think of Breakfast at Tiffany's- and I can't say.  All I know is my teenage self is in love with Audrey Hepburn, identifies with George Peppard and finds Mickey Rooney quite amusing. If I watched it now I'd probably get into a fight with him and that's something I'd rather avoid. Leave him to his dreams. You know he hasn't even worked out- bless him-  that Holly Golightly is a whore. 

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[sorenr.livejournal.com]

I went to the cinema last weekend to watch it... My teenage self - still existing - identifies with Audrey Hepburn, is in love with George Peppard and, well, finds Mickey Rooney slightly too un-PC to be amusing. And I still love that movie...

(Also, Holly Golightly is probably no more of a whore than Paul Varjak... Actually, he is more explicitly so than her, since we never see her in bed while a customer - sorry, decorator leaves money on the bedside table before slipping out the door...)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Is Varjak the Peppard character? Wow, I completely missed that
little detail.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

"Nine Lives" by Paul Varjak...

Paul Varjak: They're not the kind of stories you can really tell.
Holly Golightly: Too dirty?
Paul Varjak: Yeah, I suppose they're dirty, too, but only incidentally. Mainly they're angry, sensitive, intensely felt, and that dirtiest of all dirty words - promising. Or so said The Times Book Review, October 1, 1956.