The Classics discussion

Did Hepburn do a good job of portraying Holly? What do you think of Capote's opinion of the movie?

Yes he was. He didn't think Hepburn's wholesome image would work with Holly's character and he was right. In the movie you never hear the word prostitute and there's only the slightest hint about what she does for a living. Monroe I think would have brought more depth to the role. The only reason I re-watch the movie is for Hepburn's wardrobe.

First, I love this movie and am an Audrey Hepburn fan and this was my first time reading the story. So, strange starting point I think, and I have no idea how I would feel about it if I had read the book first. Also I went into the reading pretty well guessing that the movie had manufactured a happy ending. So that wasn't a surprise.

It was a strange reading experience, reading the dialog and picturing the movie and then trying to picture the movie with Marilyn Monroe instead. LOL So odd.

I agree the whole feel of the movie was different than the book. All of the characters were much 'harder' to me. Holly being more of a true prostitute character made the whole 'I'll do this because I've never done it before' attitude much less believable for me. I didn't really connect with the characters either and obviously some of that was due to my familiarity with the movie.

But I'm not sure I liked HollyoftheBook very much. I found it especially weird when all the Doc stuff occurred offscreen. The way she talked about that made her a much more callous character for me. I liked the movie's answer to the backstory for the narrator, in the book sometimes I would wonder why he was around. I was never sure if he liked HollyoftheBook very much either.

But, anyway, interesting read.