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Breakfast at Tiffany's is an American romantic film released on 196 1. It tells the story of a vain girl, Holly, who is eager to get rid of poverty and go to new york as a social butterfly, hoping to catch a rich husband one day. Later, she met her new neighbor, Paul. Paul's life is also very poor. He is eager to be a great writer, but he makes a living by eating soft food. However, the beautiful and weak Holly made Paul have a desire for protection and fell in love with her deeply.
So Paul ended his relationship with the lady and confessed to Holly. But Holly is obsessed with getting into high society through marriage. Until she was accidentally involved in a drug case and made her infamous, the rich boy refused to associate with her for the sake of family reputation. Holly was extremely lonely and helpless at this time, but fortunately, Paul was with her. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and Holly finally understands the true meaning of love.
There is no doubt that Breakfast at Tiffany's is a love inspirational film, which makes the audience feel the beauty and brightness of love, thus inspiring their beautiful thoughts. Everyone wants to live a rich life, but it is very difficult to move from poverty to prosperity. The two people in the film are * * * and both rely on powerful people. Fortunately, because of love, Paul is determined to pull away from it and rely on his own efforts to get a better life. It is because of Paul's persistence in love that Holly didn't continue to sink, and finally she was able to embrace love emotionally.
The meeting of two lonely souls
Breakfast at Tiffany's scored as high as 8. 1 on Douban, which is the masterpiece of the famous American movie star Hepburn. In this film, she successfully created an enchanting, sexy, pure and kind social butterfly image.
Two minutes before the movie started, Holly got out of the taxi and walked slowly to the front of Tiffany's jewelry store, enjoying the jewelry while eating breakfast. It was early in the morning and there was no one on the street. Holly looks noble and charming in her hair, sunglasses and black slim dress. With the harmonious and pleasant soundtrack, it gives people a relaxed and free audio-visual feeling, which lays a romantic and warm tone for this film.
The first encounter between the hero and heroine appeared in Holly's home. Paul has just moved to a new apartment and borrowed the phone from his neighbor Holly. Enthusiastic Holly took the initiative to chat with Paul, who was a little surprised when her unknown cat ran over him. "I have no right to name it. We don't have each other. We just met by chance. I don't want to have anything until I find the right place. I don't know where it is but I know what it looks like. " The unknown cat has a high appearance rate in the film, which also reflects her living conditions. The cat is as lonely and helpless as she is, and no one takes care of it, so Holly feels the same way. She took the cat home and lived with it. Here, Holly's sensitive and sad personality and restless psychological state are all shown.
Whenever she is in a bad mood, she will take a taxi to Tiffany's jewelry store. For her, this is the only effective way to reassure her. In the film, Tiffany symbolizes the beautiful things and ideals in Holly's heart. Tiffany's luxurious image implies her yearning for high society.
In the middle of the night, Holly, who was harassed by her neighbor's crying, climbed into Paul's bedroom through the window. She just watched Paul's lover pack up, put $300 on the table and leave. Then, Holly made fun of it, and Paul felt a little angry about it. But Holly immediately squatted down to apologize to him. As a person with similar experience, she fully understands Paul's current living conditions. Paul is also very kind and warm to the uninhibited Holly.
People like to associate with people who are similar to themselves. Because in human nature, people always expect to get familiar or similar things. Finding someone similar to yourself will make your heart very comfortable and happy. Just then, both of them came to new york from other places, and there were no relatives or friends around them. This provides an opportunity for their gradual approach.
Holly told Paul about her experience in front of him. Tried to save money, but failed. She thinks Paul is a lot like her brother Fett. Then I told Paul about my brother and her future plans. She misses her brother who is in military service very much. I want to buy land in Mexico, but my savings are always less than 100 yuan. In a word, the economic situation has been very unsatisfactory.
Looking at Holly's sad expression, he felt sorry for Holly. Holly climbed into his bed and hugged him. "Nothing will happen, we are friends." She fell asleep in Paul's arms. Then she dreamed of her younger brother Fett and told her how much she missed him.
Getting along with Paul makes Holly feel safe. Because they are equally poor, there will be no class grudges when they get along. Two people can treat each other equally, speak freely and be honest with each other.
Courage after meeting true love
With the deepening of communication, he gradually got to know her, fell in love with her, entered Holly's life and became her good friend. He attended her private party and accompanied her to visit the prison. She visits the prison every week in exchange for financial returns.
That day, he wrote on a typewriter at home. Coincidentally, the girl Holly inspired his creation, and he is writing a story based on her. Suddenly, he heard a song coming from the window. Opening the window, I saw Holly sitting on the windowsill, wearing a headscarf, casual clothes, playing the guitar and singing the theme song Moon River.
He watched her sing quietly, and after singing, she found him, too. Two people four eyes relative, the mood also became very happy. Looking at this beautiful and romantic girl, he both appreciates and cares.
By chance, he discovered Holly's past. Her ex-husband Dr. Goelet came to see her, and Dr. Goelet has been waiting downstairs in her apartment. Paul's lover Fang Ruo became very nervous when she found this strange man and thought he was following her. Out of curiosity, Paul volunteered to go downstairs.
At this time, the film creates a tense atmosphere with suspense background music, because the audience thinks that this man is probably sent by Fang Ruo's husband to follow her, and their extramarital affairs are discovered. Goelet found Paul and followed him to the park. Finally, Paul sat down on a bench.
Here, the film uses a depth-of-field lens, Paul is in the left foreground, occupying half of the picture, and Goelet in the distance is slowly coming towards Paul. The setting of the picture emphasizes Paul's dominant position in dealing with things. It can be seen that his mentality has changed and he is mentally prepared, even if it is given by his lover and husband, he can cope with it calmly. He has a sense of independence about life.
The man sat down next to him and talked about it in detail. This man claims to be Holly's husband. Holly, formerly known as Barrett, married Dr. Goelet with her younger brother when she was almost 14 years old. Before that, she had been living a poor life with her brother. After that, Holly left the doctor and her brother went to military service. But the doctor still wants her to go back to her family. The doctor talked happily about his hopes for Holly. Paul was very depressed to learn that she had a husband. The doctor asked Paul to take him to see Holly. Paul stood up first, and then the picture was Paul's back, highlighting Paul's height and kindness, and the audience could guess his loss.
The doctor was very excited to see Holly. He picked up Holly and walked into the room. Then, the camera slowly shows Paul's sad upstairs action. The image of going up the stairs implies that the love he pursues is full of obstacles. After Fang Ruo left, Holly came to him and told him that her marriage with the doctor was invalid. She wants Paul to accompany her to the station to convince the doctor. She doesn't want to go back with the doctor.
Holly repeatedly said that she didn't want to go back with him. "I'm not Barrett anymore." Finally, the doctor had to leave alone. At this time, the music of the Moon River rang again. She once loved a doctor, but in order to live, she chose to be with him. She knew that her wild temperament was destined to be different from that of a steady doctor.
In order to improve her life, Holly still wants to marry a rich man. Paul returned to her home with a drunken Holly. The drunken Holly has been talking nonsense. Holly asked Paul for wine and she gave him money. Holly sat on the ground and Paul stood. "Here, you are used to taking money from women." Paul is not angry. He said to her rationally, "If I were you, I would use my money carefully. Marrying a trust is not a shortcut to making money. " Here, by showing the positional relationship between Paul and Holly, we emphasize Paul's deep calmness and Holly's inner confusion and insecurity.
Holly's appearance made him have a strong desire for protection, and Paul also had a clear understanding of himself. Because of love, he decided to make a change. He was paid $50 for his writing. When he told the news to Holly, she was happy for him. Holly offered to do something she had never done before with him on this day. Go for a walk at Tiffany's jewelry store in the morning. For Holly, visiting Tiffany can bring her a good mood. Here, Tiffany's metaphor symbolizes the rich and beautiful life that Holly yearns for.
Holly is waiting for what she wants. Paul offered to give her a gift, and Holly said she would accept a gift under ten dollars. The salesman who received them found a silver telephone dial for them for less than ten dollars. Finally, Paul took out the chocolate gift ring and asked the clerk to engrave it for them. Paul's financial situation is only enough to buy this telephone dial, but Tiffany's service is very thoughtful, and the clerk agreed to their lettering requirements.
This is also Tiffany's noble, reasonable, and will not look down on people. Through the description here, the film conveys a spirit of tolerance, harmony and understanding. Although Paul and Holly are poor, they still maintain their yearning for elegant things.
A gold digger redeemed by his beloved.
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Paul proposed to Fang Ruo to end their lover relationship. Holly is as poor as herself, but Paul can help her to some extent, and the feeling of change makes him feel good. Fang doesn't seem angry. On the contrary, she smiled and faced it, because she was psychologically prepared for it because of her rich experience. She took out her checkbook and signed a check for one thousand yuan for Paul. Paul decisively refused. Because in his opinion, he has completely bid farewell to this disgraceful life. "No, I have my own check, too."
Holly, who is in love with Paul, has not changed. She still wants to marry a rich man. Paul went to Tiffany's to get the engraved ring and went to find her at once. He saw Holly reading in the library wearing sunglasses. She is reading a book about South America. It turned out that she was dating a rich man in South America. In the library, Paul held Holly tightly, solemnly expressed his love for Holly, and questioned her heart. Holly stuck to her guns and insisted that a non-rich person would not marry. Then, he handed Holly the check for $50 and turned to leave.
After receiving the doctor's letter, Holly's brother Fett died unexpectedly. Holly was devastated. Paul went up to comfort her, but to no avail. The film shoots her crying in bed with a overlooking lens, expressing the sadness and loneliness of the characters.
After a while, she contacted Paul by phone. Holly pretended to be happy in front of Paul. She will go to Brazil with Jose. But for the sake of family reputation, Jose didn't take the same flight with her, and didn't say anything about getting married. But Holly chose to deceive herself and was full of expectations for the future and the life of the rich. I even fantasize that when I get married in the future, the man's family will come to watch the ceremony, and there will be lovely children after marriage.
When she and Paul came home from dinner, Holly was arrested. Unfortunately, she was involved in a drug-related case, which also made a lot of noise in the news. Paul ran for help for Holly, and with the help of Holly's agent, Holly was released on bail.
Paul and Holly got into a taxi, and he was going to take Holly to the hotel for shelter. In the car, Paul read Jose's letter to her. Jose broke up with her for family reputation, and he admitted his cowardice. Holly was very disappointed. Before that, she had bought a plane ticket to Brazil. Besides, now, she is disgusted with life here, so she decides to go to Brazil, a place she has never been to. She still wants to marry a rich man. She even wants to find out the information of the top 50 richest people in Brazil and then approach them one by one. Listening to Holly's words, Paul once again told Holly his strong love for her. She thinks her temperament is too wild for anyone to keep her in a cage. In fact, why doesn't she lock herself in a cage and be too persistent about her goals? Instead, she tied herself in a cage.
In the face of Paul's love, Holly's confusion reached the extreme, and she deeply questioned herself. "I'm not Holly, I'm not Barrett, and I don't know who I am." She is a nameless cat. Like a cat, she has no name and belongs to no one.
She threw the unknown cat out of the car in the downpour. The cat lay on the railing in the street, miserable and lonely. Seeing the rude Holly, Paul stopped the driver and got off in the heavy rain. He criticized Holly for being timid and unable to face reality rationally. She was afraid of being bound by others, but she was tortured by the cage she built.
Paul threw a ring engraved with Tiffany to Holly, and then turned away. Holly in the car cried. She put on the ring, got out of the car and ran in Paul's direction with Paul to find the cat. The rain wet their faces, and when they saw Holly pull back from the brink, Paul showed a happy look. At this time, the picture once again shows the background of Paul's stalwart to highlight his powerful image as a savior.
Holly called frantically for her cat, which was hiding in the cupboard from the rain. She picked up the wet cat and looked at Paul. At this moment, she finally realized Paul's persistent love for her. In the heavy rain, she hugged Paul with her cat.
For Paul, when people love each other, they belong to each other, because this is the only chance to get real happiness. For Holly, Paul's singleness made her put down her obsession and embrace love with peace of mind. The rain at the end, for Holly, is a spiritual baptism, washing away the negative energy in her heart and leaving something precious.
Breakfast at Tiffany's's story is very touching. A man who came out of the cage successfully saved a woman in the cage. After meeting love, Paul realized the sublimation of personality charm and became a better self. With Paul's help, Holly finally put down her unrealistic goals and knew how to cherish the people in front of her. In this ultimately successful love, both of them have gained growth from the gains and losses of life.
From Paul, we see the good qualities of tolerance, singleness and self-confidence in love. The higher pursuit of self will definitely give people a beautiful vision in love and guide people to be positive.