b'fast @ tiff's

so i finally broke down and rented the much-adored classic film made even more eternal by that catchy song, "breakfast at tiffany's". i have to admit that i spent the whole first half of the movie expecting to see a coffee shop or bakery within the tiffany's. and yet there was none to be found. but the movie was still splendid and worth all of the praise. (even though the dvd i rented had the sound off by about two seconds for the first thirty minutes or so.) i have always thought audrey hepburn to be a beautiful woman but i'd only once seen her in film before today. she was a truly adorable actress. the movie, based on truman capote's novella by the same name, is not at all what i expected from a movie of that era. i've seen quite a few older movies but none that really had characters in such unglamorous lifestyles at the start of the film. paul (george peppard) is a writer who's afraid of the sophomore slump so he acts as a boy-toy for a wealthy married woman instead of writing. holly golightly (hepburn) was an aspiring actress who, upon entering new york years before, gave up the dream. she realised she could live as a socialite, jumping from one man to the next until she landed one of the top fifty wealthiest men in america for a husband, without ever actually having to work -- even as an actress. so she lives for herself and mooches off different men each week until she meets paul. but even then she cannot break apart from the parasitic creature she's become. and it goes from there. if you haven't seen it, go rent it today. if you've already seen it, go rent "funny face" -- it's the one with the dance number currently being used by 'the gap' to sell tiny black pants and next on my list of films to see.