A classic movie can bring fire to a city, such as "Roman Holiday" in 1953, making Rome the birthplace of romantic love that everyone in the world yearns for; it can also elevate an image, such as "The Legend of the Nuns" in 1959, reshaping the image of a strong and brave nun in the hearts of the audience; and can also lead a fashion, such as "Tiffany's Breakfast" in 1961, in order to shoot the needs, Tiffany made an exception for weekends and has maintained this tradition ever since. The success of these films can be attributed to the excellent performance of an actress, she is Audrey Hepburn.
Hepburn, like a human elf, tells the audience a moving and gentle story, and she gives each character a completely different spiritual substance with pure heart, vivid performance, melodious singing, and exquisite dance. Among them, "Tiffany's Breakfast" belongs to the classics of the classics. Some people say that this is a love movie, the heroine Holly and the male protagonist Paul are both happy and attracted to each other.
Some people say that this is a movie of desire, involving a variety of life, five tastes and miscellaneous. In my opinion, the history of this film's name is precious in that it peeks into the glitz and luxury of high society from the perspective of a marginal person, and its foothold is not all based on love stories, but closely combines money worship, feminism, gold panning and human care. Today, I will discuss these four anti-traditional parts and deeply analyze the different life perceptions brought by Hepburn.
01, money worship is fresh and unworldly, Holly's innocence and Paul's poverty give money a new meaning
There are many money worshippers in real life, many exquisite egoists cover up the empty heart with false appearances, constantly avoiding the scornful and discriminatory eyes of the outside world, everyone's attitude towards money may be different, but a gentleman loves money and has a way, Holly and Paul have made the right example for us.
No film has ever been as unabashedly lustful about money as "Breakfast at Tiffany's," but holly and Paul's presentation is fresh and unworldly. The reason for this lies in Holly and Paul's frank attitude and fearless character. Holly only wants to marry rich people, so she can go to prison every week to chat with prisoners to earn extra money, cherish the characters on the rich list, hold various parties to make friends with all kinds of rich people, and she is willing to sacrifice her "hue" in exchange for a rich life.
As a suburban girl, marrying into the rich is the most convenient channel, Holly did not twist and squeeze like other girls, she was always debauched, "social flowers, talk, stepmother" is the label on her body, but under these appearances is a gentle and kind heart, she does not want to hurt anyone, except herself. She failed again and again, but maintained an optimistic and enterprising spirit, and Holly's innocence and Paul's poverty reflected each other, which showed that both of them had the purest hearts.
In order to maintain a basic life, Paul was helplessly raised by a rich woman, not unwilling to work, but stuck in his spiritual world, trying to support himself by writing books. But this life has changed completely with the emergence of Holly, money is not an excuse to bind the two, but has become a bridge of mutual attraction, and the theme of the film gradually transitions from the attributes of money to the care of human nature.
Two people who are extremely eager for money, but in the heavy rain embraced each other passionately, Holly no longer pursued the illusory life of worship, into the same poor Paul's arms, life is like a dream, the rain washed away their fantasy dreams, but found that without money, the same can have a beautiful happiness.
On the surface, the film is full of rotten money flavor at all times, but the result of Holly and Paul's continuous efforts has given money a new meaning: a beautiful vision of the two moving forward hand in hand. Sometimes hope is more important than gold, and Holly and Paul are the most marginalized people in life, and they have universal values in them, which is an important reason why many people feel empathy.
02, fringalism reflects reality, and the dreamers of urban life give life a new destination
The film is based on Truman Capote's 1950 novel of the same name, which is very sharp about the dismantling of life, but the director has defused this cruelty with a soft finger. Life is a tired dream journey, some people stand at the top of the pyramid after hard work, some people still hover around the pyramid after hard work, but who can laugh at the greatness of dreams? Who doesn't dream of standing in the center of the stage from the fringe and enjoying the encouragement of thunderous applause?
Holly and Paul in the film take the marginalization to the extreme, curled up in a cramped house, accompanied by a cute cat, and open their eyes every day to realize the firm ideals in their hearts, such a life is not a portrayal of everyone who is a dreamer of life. Such a rootless wanderer is very dramatic, Holly is not willing to enjoy a comfortable and mediocre life, yearning for the colorful sounds and horses in the city, in a sense, Holly interprets the struggle between desire and human nature for us.
The film also wants to explore how the human soul should be placed in the illusion of bustling New York. Lack of affection is a common survival dilemma faced by modern people, Holly's original name is Ruramie Barnas, she used her new name to cut off the connection with the past, in order to realize her unattainable dreams, she hovered between the rich government and business, the strong conflict between spirit and material makes her life confused, only in Jobbell's bar she can experience the warm feeling, because here is quiet, down-to-earth, far from the bustling place.
Holly is in the mud altar without knowing it, she indulges in gentle country, and has to live and live. If Holly was young and ignorant, Paul was a staunch dreamer. He looked forward to the recognition of his novels, and looked forward to the publication of his works every day, and finally he fulfilled his wish and fulfilled the dream in his heart. The film metaphorically negates the way to obtain wealth through unearned marriage, and gives positive affirmation to hard work, and the support of the noble lady is precisely the heavy price that must be paid on the road to success, supporting the dream voyage.
The strong contrast between Holly and Paul's failure and success also gives urban life a new destination for dreamers: struggle requires diligent hands, not greedy luxury. Holly shows us that the true destination of the soul is to love each other, and her struggle has made the audience pay more attention to the meaning of the rise of feminism.
03, the rise of feminism alternative, Holly's renunciation and departure gives freedom and independence a new meaning
In 1961, most of the films were still dominated by male figures, portraying a marginal divorced woman as the object of ingenuity, and most of the story of the whole film took place in Holly's home, allowing us to feel the cause and development of her rebellious and independent personality.
In the traditional view, men are higher than women in both social status and family status, which is why Paul will tell Holly," "You belong to me", but for the independent Holly, the concept never follows the rules and "no one belongs to anyone", and it is precisely because of her courageous personality that she left the family she had married into since she was 14 years old and began to pursue the absurd dream of a rich man.
When Paul and Holly first met, she changed from a scruffy housewife to a delicate, fashionable and elegant woman, just to meet a gang boss in prison, and this concept of "women pleasing themselves" is actually the result of the subtle influence in the patriarchal society, in order to get men's attention and appreciation. But Holly differs from traditional women in that she has a strong sense of female awakening.
In the environment at that time, women betrayed their husbands and ran away from marriage was against worldly morality, and Holly did not care about the sneers of others, no matter who she was, she always opened her mouth and closed her mouth "dear", but she was rebellious and very wise at the same time, such as when she decided to marry Jose, she would go to the library to check the customs of South America and learn how to make delicious dishes to grab men's stomachs. She was prepared for everything she did, but at the same time she showed her innocence, such as when she learned that her marriage was fruitless, she said that she did not want to waste this plane ticket, but treated herself as a trip. It can be seen that Holly is still a young girl who has never confined herself to rules and regulations, but constantly encourages herself to look forward.
Although these values are distorted, we cannot deny the importance of individual efforts. Holly in the film is sweet, innocent, gentle, fashionable, she dares to love and hate feelings, in a weak position, but never thinks that she needs to be saved, but Paul's help and confession again and again still let Holly find her inner self, she said "no one can keep me in a cage", symbolizing the unrestrained character, but in the end she was felt by Paul, which plays a key role in the power of love, which also inspires the audience to care for warm humanity.
04, human care is gentle and moving, and the mentality of health and sunshine determines whether you can have a happy life
The film always shines with a relaxed and bright tone, although the two have been hungry, but never have a melancholy and dark mentality, only when Holly learns the news of the death of her brother Fred in the army, Holly is like crazy grief. This shows that Holly always values her loved ones above all else, and an important reason for her efforts is to let her family live a decent life.
Is Holly really "mercenary"? At the beginning of the film, she appears pearlescently, eating donuts with black sunglasses, raising her hands and throwing her hands into the dazzling, she looks at the sparkling jewelry in the Tiffany store, thus starting a dream journey of wealth, but is she really the amount of wealth? When Paul proposed to him, he got not a valuable diamond ring, but a fake ring for a $6.75 giveaway, which touched Holly's heart. What really touched Holly was not the value of the item, but the true feeling behind it.
The film downplays Holly's turbulent and bumpy fate in the novel, but directly shows a seemingly "painstaking" gold worshipper, the director does not want the audience to be limited to a cut-off understanding, but let Holly have the most important magic weapon in life: a positive mindset.
She hugged her husband happily, she politely explained to the Japanese upstairs, she humorously lit the top hat of the noblewoman with a cigarette stick, all kinds of behaviors dissolved Holly's tragic fate, a lonely girl whose only relatives had died had a slight illusion of the future, who of us was qualified to blame?
The last sentence in the novel is "Whether it's an African hut or something else, I hope Holly will find her home too." The film is more humanitarian than the novel. Holly let go of the kitten that was dependent on her, just like her gradually lost heart, she longed for care and snuggle, and when she finally found the trembling kitten, the strong, stubborn, and kind Holly figure once again stood in front of the audience, projecting the light of humanity from the dark reality.
In my opinion, "Tiffany's Breakfast" is like a romantic and beautiful fairy tale, showing the origin and true meaning of life in all kinds of worlds, holly yearns for the ideal country has never been a world of flowers and flowers, but a free space where you can breathe freely, can fully realize personal value, just like the book once wrote, "When I wake up on a clear morning, go to Tiffany to eat the morning, I want me to be me."