Interestingly, 1961 was around the year that the golden age of cinema ended, what a way to go out in style with Breakfast at Tiffany's. Such a classy lady was Audrey Hepburn in all her roles.
Capote did want Marilyn Monroe but this is Audrey's signature film IMO. She was just perfect in it. Audrey was a better actress than Marilyn too; not that Marilyn was bad. She wasn't. We will never know what Marilyn could have done with this.
Audrey Hepburn was so classy and elegant . After years of fame she lived in a small unknown swiss village and devoted herself in charity activities on behalf of Unicef. What a lady.
@@rhianmanio5992 I know that Truman Capote wanted Marilyn Monroe for the role, and absolutely hated the idea of Audrey playing Holly Golightly. Whether or not Monroe was ever approached for the role (and whether or not she rejected it) is unclear.
One of the best opening scenes ever. The scene is almost like a movie by its self. It has drama, tension, a bit if humor, and of course glamour. This opening scene also reflected an era of the late 50s and early 60s. And of the iconic music tied everything together.
This is because this scene perfectly captures the mood of the early 60s in New York...All the scenes that have captured this way the magic of time and space are mythical scenes ...
Yeah. Like. She has the NYC for herself - its elegance, allure, and every greatest thing there. Yet she can hardly own something, can't even buy a furniture. This scene is like passing by the things that you love the most but not having them because you can't. That's why I feel melancholic whenever I see this/hear this specific version of Moon River.
As a paycheck to paycheck girl in my early 20’s, I did sometimes have breakfast like Holly in front of the Tiffany’s window after a night out at the pubs with my friends. I would do it when i was too awake to go home to my lonely apartment and I would wonder what the future might have in store for me.
I worked in a busy mall in a major US city in my 20s. Being at the mall while all the stores were closed was the weirdest and most nostalgic feeling I've ever had. I wasn't exactly poor but I was lower middle class and I always marveled at the contrast between my life and how much wealth there is in the world. I wondered what life might hold for me just as you did - all these years later I'm not impressed with myself.
There's a Tiffany's in Portland, Oregon that I've made purchases from. They are just as kind and caring as the actor playing the Tiffany's person in this movie. I bought a sterling silver bubble blower from them and had a ball talking with the very kind sales people.
This movie sends me right back to my grandparents house on a rainy morning in 1961. My mom was 25 and beautiful..like Audrey. This song was everybody’s favorite in my family as I recall.
I once read a deconstruction that explained how the director used this opening sequence to set up the central themes of the film; appearance vs. reality, and the problem of illusion. The surreal, deserted 5th Ave., which in reality is NEVER deserted. Then the incongruities; taxi, elegant dress/figure, cardboard coffee cup, Tiffany's. Then the masterful use of the windows as mirrors; camera goes back and forth between views of Holly and her reflection. Until we can't tell whether we are seeing Holly or her image through the glass.
Audrey puts me in mind of my mother who, God bless her soul, passed away in 2013. She was slight, petite and she wore beautiful dresses. She modeled. My mother was eloquent and sophisticated. Yet, she was down to earth in so many ways. This scene, from Breakfast at Tiffany's always gets me right in my heart because I know somewhere my mother is watching it too. Love you Mom🌹
Although "Cat" wasn't his real name. "Cat" was played by Orangey, also appearing in such films as: This Island Earth (1955), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), and Village of the Giants (1965).
@@danh8079 " MY HUCKELBERRY FRIEND, EL GATO. HE REMINDS ME OF LONG ISLAND'S "LUCKY( BIDAWEE ADOPTEE) & SANDY( HEMPSTEAD TOWN BEACH DRIFTER), ALL BECAME PERSONAL B.F.F.'S.NOWADAYS, I'M WITH " SOPHIA"( A FLORIDA TORTOISE SHELL ADOPTEE).
It's like comedy...I watched a Russian comedy sketch today and I wondered what in the hell happened to Saturday Night Live, for example...the sketch was akin to British comedy, meaning clever and actually funny...SNL isn't funny anymore...I mean, hell, All in the Family, for example, those were the days of golden television...we have some great film, like The Shawshank Redemption, but it's like modern literature--we need action, action, action. We don't have the appreciation for something if it isn't filled with sex, guns, and explosions. And how many movies with badass, half-naked women are they going to give us? How many action packed movies? Jurassic Park was about a likable man who tried to play God or Nature if you like...to do something that was not meant to be...and it resulted in horrible consequences. The sequels are all about action. This movie is about a girl who doesn't know what she wants or where she's going, mislead by an unscrupulous man, akin to how Nastasya Flillipovna in "The Idiot" is. Both movies have substance to them. Still, there is the Golden Age, and then there is simply great film, like The Shawshank Redemption, Jurassic Park, and Cast Away. A movie that can make you cry over a volleyball floating away is great film, but this is pure...only people with appreciation for art can enjoy it. Some people can't sit through it. "What's this all about? I don't get it."
Jakiazhhabzg Staruiszjjzg No she didn’t! She was starved as a child due to the Nazi occupation of her home town and the horrific conditions they imposed. It did so much damage to her metabolism that she couldn’t put on weight no matter how much she ate. This later contributed to the cancer that killed her. Her son told it all.
@@jakiazhhabzgstaruiszjjzg3165 anorexia, by definition, would suggest that she intentionally didn't eat to avoid gaining weight, and had the mental afflictions (fear of becoming obese, poor body image, etc.) that come with the disease. On the contrary, Audrey knew all too well that she was too thin, didn't want to go without food, but had no choice due to her situation; what is more, she had a lot of body confidence and wholly embraced how she looked later in life. That is pretty much the opposite of anorexia. Audrey and sufferers of anorexia would both be malnourished, but they are not the same thing at all.
Last year on my 40th birthday I went to NYC and had breakfast at Tiffany's just like Audrey. Then I had my picture taken on the front steps of the house. Great day! Love this movie and everything Audrey!!
@@sparkles999rose2 The one I'm thinking of most is still married to the same guy, all these decades later. Pretty unlikely she even remembers me, let alone thinks of me.
This magic dress belongs to the Museum of fashion in Madrid, Spain. Hubert attempted to donate it to the museum after visiting it when he was organizing the large exhibition he held at the Thyssen Bornemisza's museum before he died. He said: "This museum is impressive, you are doing a great job", this, added to his admiration for Cristóbal Balenciaga, who was his teacher and Spanish, made it seem like a good idea to donate this iconic dress to Madrid. Three copies of this dress were made but Audrey Hepburn only wore one of those three, and that was the one that is kept in the fashion museum in Madrid. I had the opportunity to hold it, and it is absolutly magical.
OMG !!! Balenciaga…. Just his name is enough to express everything in fashion… And his perfumes…. Le Dix, Quadrille, fleeting moments (la fuite des heures)… amazing !
Frankly, I think Audrey Hepburn is, and will always be, the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. I kind of had a bit of a girl crush on her in Roman Holiday! Audrey was definitely the sole definition of female elegance, everything a woman should be. Curiously enough, she seemed to be one of the few women in history that another woman would not be jealous of at all-everything she showed off, such as her grace, her beauty, being very skinny and petite, and her magnificent VOICE, it was all RIGHTFULLY owned by her. So tragic that this cinematic queen died from cancer.
It's not only so sad that they do not make lovely romantic movies like this anymore; but it's also infinitely sad that we don't have infinitely magnificent and beautiful actresses like Audrey Hepburn anymore. She exemplified and emphasized what it is and means to be a truly lovely lady and what it is to be truly beautiful inside and out and touched so many lives in such infinitely beautiful and loving ways. Love you Audrey; Eternal Love my Huckleberry friend; Rest In Heavenly Peace.
materialgirl8707 Maybe because she wasn't American and was from Europe? There are elegant classy European actresses. They don't make it to the Hollywood screen usually. Today's American actresses are bitchy and manly.
I saw this film when it was released and after all these years, I can still watch it and be just as enthralled as when I first viewed it. In particular, this opening/credits sequence, it still gets me.
No it doesn’t. That’s how films used to do credits (and some still do). It may seem like that to YOU because you have little experience with older films, but you can’t generalize your experience to everyone like that.
@BlownMacTruck . Take it easy. I'm old enough to remember credits in the intro and its still weird to me since this is not the norm anymore. Close minded bitch.
I remember going to the drive-in to see this movie .The girl I was with (Sharon Furtado) ,we actually just watched the whole thing .R.I.P. my most dearest love .
Try this: download this specific song (not the recorded one). Then, buy a danish or croissant, a cup of joe, visit your nearest city (with the skyscrapers and all that) in the morning, walk through the streets, eat your breakfast while playing the song on your Spotify. Result? Epic! This will also remove those "mean reds" in you.. :)
Well, I'm just in love with the city and the idea of living in it, having a decent job, having my own family, walking thru the avenues and parks of NYC, riding yellow cabs and subways, and being rude to people. Hahahah.. A lot of people are telling me that living in NYC is expensive and not worth it, but for me, it is! :D
Countrycowboy08 That sounds fun! Personally I love to visit the place from time to time to enjoy what it has to offer but wouldn't want to live there. Living there would be like having a Thai dish "Tom-Yam-Kung" every meal and get your mouth burned and stomach upset:)
Listening to this makes me miss the Golden Age of Hollywood and all the actors/actresses that helped make it so. RIP all you stars on earth, now stars in Heaven
Maybe that's because there aren't many stunningly beautiful women in Hollywood anymore, and have you listened to the garbage that passes as music these days? Hip hop is not music, and Rosie O'donnell, Hiliary Clinton, and Oprah Winfrey are the furthest things from beautiful.
Doug Celeste....The social changes of the mid sixties also altered the subject material of films to come. There was backlash against sugary, romanticized movies featuring glamorized actresses no average woman could be. Genres run their course and films are about generating profit.
@49jubilee .....I don't want to go to the movies anymore because of it and the 12 to 15 dollar tickets. If I want crap and foul language I'll just stay home and watch TV.
You do realize that back then they still had action movies right? Obviously they wouldn’t have a bunch of people getting shot and blown up in a romcom...Well unless you’re watching West Side Story👀
@@pilotjonas8 we’ve had a million different movies that have class and aren’t sex heavy... it’s a matter of what type of genre you’re into as well as directors. you can also have sex and still have class. class is about above all confidence as well as how you treat other people.
@@Durbelethwen I didn’t even know she was a prostitute and saw the movie many times. That’s how subtle movies were back then but I’m so used to blatant displays of sexuality I forgot to read between the lines.
OK...I've been playing this song/clip all day on loop and I'm still not tired of it. It's just so soothing, mellow, pretty, lush and sentimental sounding.
@@danh8079 what? the cars always run on the right side of the street. This taxi was not going on the wrong direction. Please stop making up crazy fun facts lol
Yes she did it was switched . Because the first few takes of the scene the pastry had powdered sugar on it . It kept coming off so they got one without .
This scene is so powerful that it feels like present day no matter when u watch it. The style of Audrey is timeless. I watched it in the 80s, 90s..early 2000s and today...
Henry Mancini scored one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard in a film. The opening to Breakfast at Tiffany's makes me very nostalgic for that era in Hollywood
I totally agree with you Brian. I wonder if people from the midwest or rural america connect the same way. For me as an east coaster, the 50s NYC location in the sleepy empty morning of the big city is an important part of the magic.
There is just something SO New York about this. The evening gown at the break of dawn, the coffee and croissant to go, the shades to hide the eyes after a night of partying. It radiates the city.
I was at a Tiffany's store once and had the incredible privilege to touch and hold one of the bracelets shown in this scene! It wasn't the exact same bracelet, of course, but it was still an incredible experience!
I’m so glad they casted Audrey Hepburn instead of Marilyn Monroe. I feel like Audrey’s innocent demeanor contrasted well with Holly’s party girl character, because it help emphasize that Holly didn’t know who she really was and that she was depressed with who she ended up being. Everyone expected her to be this ditzy party girl, but she had deeper emotions that made her almost child-like despite being a call girl/prostitute.
There's no way you could tell AH is better than MM in this role coz MM never got to play it. MM also had the innocent demeanor you talked about. MM was also a wonderful actress. Watch The Misfits if you don't believe it. Most people go gaga over Hepburn because of the chic clothes she wore in this movies, and they can't imagine someone else could also pull off this role.
actually MM might have been better - given her personal back story. I prefer other AH movies - but the opening to Breakfast is breathtaking in so many ways.
This opening scene has a combination of things that makes this movie so unique: the car coming through one Street in a beautiful New York of the decade of 60s, Audrey Hepburn getting out from the Taxi, just watching her is an experience, and the amazing music.
So much story/character development in this shot. beautiful sky down 57th. Nostalgic today, always remember how much my wife loved Audrey Hepburn. No girls, but rest assure she would have been named Audrey. Sweet lil memory.
@@anita_loves_apples765 because basically she is you don’t have to like her or even be a fan of her to admit that she is basically the most iconic hollywood celebrity
That is "IT"! No matter how she looked or how she felt or how she was...she had "IT"!!!! Very few actresses nowadays has that fantastic quality I'm afraid....
@Gazzara5 ... er no ... she was British ... yea she was born in Belgium but her father was British, her mother Dutch and her nationality was totally British as was her accent although she spoke a number of languages ... she spent time between belgium and England ... many people just happen to be born in countries because of their parents circumstances but that does not mean that country is their nationality ... Bob Hope was born in Britain but was American, Kiether Sutherland was born I Britain but is Canadian, Nicole Kidman was born in the USA but is Australian the list is endless ... Jesus was born in a stable but was not a horse ...
I'm a Japanese student living in Tokyo, and while everyone seems to idolize Tokyo, the reality of working in Japan is very serious; it's a stress society. I don't know much about the situation in New York, but I greatly admire such a stylish and elegant lifestyle. I love this movie, and dreaming of listening to this song, eating croissants, and strolling through this town is my wish. Someday, I want to visit New York.
I was 12, still living at home, & Mom used to have the radio on most of the time. That's when I first heard this song. I was transfixed even at that age by the indescribable beauty of the melody & the glorious lushness of the arrangement. I got a lump in my throat then, & still do to this day when I hear it, because I'm reminded of when I still thought the world was a wonderful place to be... peace out
The greatest opening scene if any movie ever made. Ironies abound. A class-act actress whose inner beauty was often misunderstand until the end of this movie and the tremendous work she did abroad helping others. Why can't Hollywood produce human beings like this more often?
Guess you've never seen the original star wars , Jaws, and the Return of the King Lord of the Rings .Those are epics that are far above that movie or any other.
this scene is such a masterpiece in all ways. i don’t know why i feel so related to this. i watched this film last year and i can’t get enough to say that this is one of the most beautiful scenes i’ve ever seen. for réal. ☁️💍
The most beautiful film starring a most beautiful, elegant lady, in every sense of the word. We miss sweet Audrey your gentle charm now shines elsewhere. God bless you❤
Long ago, this was the New York City that inspired dreams for so many young actors, artists, writers, musicians and poets. A place impossibly elegant and sophisticated, nothing like the hick towns all across America. Nothing like the razzmatazz electronic overkill of today's gaudy Time's Square.
Do not be dismayed, longing for a reality in past times. The greatest future is indeed ahead of us. Once things have cleaned up a bit more, and people come into truths and awareness, the Golden Age of Humanity will birth. Thousands are ready , behind the scenes , to spearhead this. A Renaissance of Humanity , art, technology, removing of debt slave mentality, a reaching for the stars, and all illnesses gone.
@@ediewall6360 It's long past time for the agents of positive change to emerge and to reverse the death spiral we are in. I always believed in the inevitable victory of true spiritual evolution (student of Teilhard de Chardin that I was). Joni Mitchell's "Impossible Dreamer." This is our moment now as I see it, just out of reach... something's coming: ruclips.net/video/VJZ--WNq_II/видео.html
Audrey Hepburn one of the most beautiful women that ever walked on this Earth. She's an Elegance, She's stunning, She's an Icon, She's a Humanitarian, Everyone loves her, She loves Everyone❤️ We missed our best Actress and an Icon
@@if6was929 Truth hurts, doesn't it? Dems control all the major cities from top to bottom and turned them into dystopian sh@tholes. So enjoy your progressive pigsty and the slop they dole out.
Still one of my favorite opening scenes in any film, ever. Everything; the cinematography, the music, the character, the style... Everything in this scene is just perfect.
How much I loved this scene for so many years! Even as a young boy, I wondered why a fully dressed young woman would have a 'breakfast' like that? Very poignant and a perfect opening for a wonderful movie. Along with the Roman Holiday, my favorite Audrey films! RIP Miss Hepburn. In Dec. 2000, I visited NYC and of course, Tiffany's and bravely asked a clerk what the cheapest jewelry they have. He kindly smiled and patiently(just like the movie) showed me a beautiful silver ring and said it's $80. My wife was embarassed and stayed 20 ft away from me.
It’s amazing they got the opening of the taxi arriving at Tiffany’s on the first shot. No crowd control, they found a lull in traffic and started filming.
When movies were meant to be a memorable watching experience. Everything from wardrobe, cinematography, screenplay and plot were creative art. Nowadays movies are a production line of recycled stories and just generally unwatchable if you have a functioning brain . Society has regressed. Agree?
If you open your eyes to more than just criticizing, you'd find some beautiful films of today, films like Lady Bird and Call Me By Your Name. The times have changed, so does where you find beautiful films.
bigkozlov There was probably bad movies back then; just no one remembers them. But movies these days only care about playing things safe and profits. There are many good books and tv shows so I don’t think it is society exactly just the film industry.
How does she manage to make what should've been a throw-away scene so riveting?! The way she walks, her posture, it's captivating; the way she reorganizes the coffee and pastry in her grasp as she takes them out of the bag, you believe she really is the character and she does this little routine every morning of her life D:
I was born in 2004, but whenever I get to watch old hollywood movies. I get this weirdly odd sensation of nostalgic, it's like I have watched it before (Which I haven't) I don't know what this feeling is but it is somehow feels great and kind of sad. I feel like I'm reminiscing a movie that I haven't watched.
I bought this from a charity shop a few weeks ago and have been meaning to watch it forever. After watching that beautiful intro all I wanna do is watch it now! But exams, maybe it can be my end of exams treat next week!
Pam Lovejoy I saw a documentary about Nefertiti. She was adored as the most beautiful woman in ancient Egypt. There's that famous bust of her, and to show what she would have looked like "in the flesh" they did this computer mapping thing and found that she would have looked like Audrey Hepburn. so Audrey can lay claim to being the most beautiful woman since Nefertiti.
Peg Asus At 15 she was active in the resistance movement and smuggled messages for them. Her father was a Nazi but she was very anti-Nazi. In later life she was a dedicated UNICEF ambassador. Beautiful, brave and compassionate.
This makes me feel so nostalgic for Golden Age Hollywood. It was just so classic, timeless and elegant.
Interestingly, 1961 was around the year that the golden age of cinema ended, what a way to go out in style with Breakfast at Tiffany's. Such a classy lady was Audrey Hepburn in all her roles.
joe danns one movie. Kramer vs. Kramer
Capote did want Marilyn Monroe but this is Audrey's signature film IMO. She was just perfect in it. Audrey was a better actress than Marilyn too; not that Marilyn was bad. She wasn't. We will never know what Marilyn could have done with this.
... the elegant clothes of Hubert de Givenchy the french Designer did it :-) too
Gotta love the 60s. The past had different essence feeling it was enchanting moving the colours People things everything
Audrey Hepburn was so classy and elegant . After years of fame she lived in a small unknown swiss village and devoted herself in charity activities on behalf of Unicef. What a lady.
Yeah they didn't used to virtue signal so much so much back in the day they just did stuff like Paul Newman and his millions to childrens charities.
Wow i just knew this
She suffered a lot in ww2 and wanted to save children from that suffering.
Joey Dunlop was another one - worked in Romania doing food deliveries for orphanages. Got an MBE for it.
Lady and human❤️
The moment when the word *elegance* got a picture.
DEEPA SRIVASTAVA cannot say it any better, Thank you, Audrey., and kudos for deepa for perfection in simplicity.
@@acidberry3630 , Thank you dear !
According to Hollywood magazine the role was originally offered to Marilyn Monroe but she declined ? How true?
@@rhianmanio5992 I know that Truman Capote wanted Marilyn Monroe for the role, and absolutely hated the idea of Audrey playing Holly Golightly. Whether or not Monroe was ever approached for the role (and whether or not she rejected it) is unclear.
Audrey Hepburn absolutely owns this movie. Melancholy so deep it makes your heart hurt. :)
One of the best opening scenes ever. The scene is almost like a movie by its self. It has drama, tension, a bit if humor, and of course glamour. This opening scene also reflected an era of the late 50s and early 60s. And of the iconic music tied everything together.
There is an ethereal - almost melancholic - elegance to this opening scene
seem I was there..
tis true...
This is because this scene perfectly captures the mood of the early 60s in New York...All the scenes that have captured this way the magic of time and space are mythical scenes ...
It also captures Holly's life before meeting Paul. Glamorous but lonely.
Yeah. Like. She has the NYC for herself - its elegance, allure, and every greatest thing there. Yet she can hardly own something, can't even buy a furniture. This scene is like passing by the things that you love the most but not having them because you can't. That's why I feel melancholic whenever I see this/hear this specific version of Moon River.
As a paycheck to paycheck girl in my early 20’s, I did sometimes have breakfast like Holly in front of the Tiffany’s window after a night out at the pubs with my friends. I would do it when i was too awake to go home to my lonely apartment and I would wonder what the future might have in store for me.
What happens nowadays with your life? This is interesting dear lady!
Quite interesting indeed ; can you tell us ?
I worked in a busy mall in a major US city in my 20s. Being at the mall while all the stores were closed was the weirdest and most nostalgic feeling I've ever had. I wasn't exactly poor but I was lower middle class and I always marveled at the contrast between my life and how much wealth there is in the world. I wondered what life might hold for me just as you did - all these years later I'm not impressed with myself.
There's a Tiffany's in Portland, Oregon that I've made purchases from. They are just as kind and caring as the actor playing the Tiffany's person in this movie. I bought a sterling silver bubble blower from them and had a ball talking with the very kind sales people.
@@MrSupernova111 Don't be so hard on yourself please. There is so many of us who share your sentiments. Esp. the last sentence.
I don't understand why everytime i hear this music i feel like crying.. ❤️😥
that's totally understandable, this piece has a unique way of touching one's soul. it speaks volumes despite having no lyrics.
It’s those dang major sevenths.
I think it has something to do with a longing for more innocent times.
I know why. It makes you happy and sad at the same time. And it's hard resist the tears when something evokes both emotions at once.
Because she sings it when she’s sad and homesick
This movie sends me right back to my grandparents house on a rainy morning in 1961. My mom was 25 and beautiful..like Audrey. This song was everybody’s favorite in my family as I recall.
Nice memory, Dane!
someone please build me a time machine, oh lord the possibilities...... i can ponder over this forever
It's a tad better than love island. Bring back the romantic times
Perhaps the real ‘Hope’ exists in New York 🥺 Tiffany is her only option on hand to exercise.
I never cried so much watching a movie...i guess i didn't want it to end, it was too beautiful.
+Dhikra Semmar it so true you said
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New York City on a very Sunday morning, I guess, beautiful. A beautiful opening scene, its simply perfect
Hard to believe it's been 56 years.
There aren't too many blockbusters of today's Hollywood that will be remembered 56 years from now.
What ?? It’s older than my mother
I can't believe I discovered this film decades after Adrey passed away in her 60s. Damn it!
Update...now almost 60 years and we are still here to enjoy. I wonder if she knows we are all still in love with her.
Proof that films make their deepest and most memorable impact with merely image and music.
What, and no hate filled political messages? Who needs that sort of film?
Audrey and that iconic "little black dress" sigh...
Looks like a long black dress to me.
GingerGilligan bitch lol stop
little black dresses aren't long, dearie
GingerGilligan It was custom made for her by Givenchy.
I loved her sunglasses and would like a pair of them. They were perfect.
I once read a deconstruction that explained how the director used this opening sequence to set up the central themes of the film; appearance vs. reality, and the problem of illusion. The surreal, deserted 5th Ave., which in reality is NEVER deserted. Then the incongruities; taxi, elegant dress/figure, cardboard coffee cup, Tiffany's. Then the masterful use of the windows as mirrors; camera goes back and forth between views of Holly and her reflection. Until we can't tell whether we are seeing Holly or her image through the glass.
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Showcases the genius of the director, Blake Edwards.
well holy fuck
Actually that's wrong. 5th Ave is deserted in the AM. Let's assume the rest is total BS as well.
^ ^
Audrey puts me in mind of my mother who, God bless her soul, passed away in 2013. She was slight, petite and she wore beautiful dresses. She modeled. My mother was eloquent and sophisticated. Yet, she was down to earth in so many ways.
This scene, from Breakfast at Tiffany's always gets me right in my heart because I know somewhere my mother is watching it too.
Love you Mom🌹
Yes she is..... she's with Audrey too....
Although I never met her, I can already tell she was a wonderful and kind woman. God bless her 💕
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My Mom looked a lot like Audrey when she was young. Petite and gamine. Now that she's older, she has more of Katharine Hepburn about her 😉
One of my favourite openings of a movie
Just realized “Cat” was in the credits too. 😍😍😍
Although "Cat" wasn't his real name. "Cat" was played by Orangey, also appearing in such films as: This Island Earth (1955), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), and Village of the Giants (1965).
@@danh8079 " MY HUCKELBERRY FRIEND, EL GATO. HE REMINDS ME OF LONG ISLAND'S "LUCKY( BIDAWEE ADOPTEE) & SANDY( HEMPSTEAD TOWN BEACH DRIFTER), ALL BECAME PERSONAL B.F.F.'S.NOWADAYS, I'M WITH " SOPHIA"( A FLORIDA TORTOISE SHELL ADOPTEE).
With his own agent, a book deal and a five album contract to meow inspirational songs to feral strays about the joys of success.
@@danh8079 Orangey was the star of Rhubarb too. He remains the most sought after cat actor of all time.
It's impossible not to like him, he's adorable 🐱 I also recommend watching A Streetcat Named Bob, with another ginger furry actor 😁
did anybody else choke up when they watched this intro? the music is so moving. i dont know whats wrong with me, but its so beautiful * blows nose *
It's simply amazing
Got chills at the opening notes!
bentenren moon river
It's moonriver
Huge hit for Andy Williams
Hollywood doesn't make films like this anymore.
John J well they ran out of ideas...
evolusaw PE ran out of ideas? Lol that’s funny.
This scene and many of her looks, are copied till this day. She's one of a kind. There will never be another woman like her.
the film based on a novell by Truman Capote and Hepburns clothes made by french designer Givenchy and the music Mancini ... thats a combination
It's like comedy...I watched a Russian comedy sketch today and I wondered what in the hell happened to Saturday Night Live, for example...the sketch was akin to British comedy, meaning clever and actually funny...SNL isn't funny anymore...I mean, hell, All in the Family, for example, those were the days of golden television...we have some great film, like The Shawshank Redemption, but it's like modern literature--we need action, action, action. We don't have the appreciation for something if it isn't filled with sex, guns, and explosions. And how many movies with badass, half-naked women are they going to give us? How many action packed movies? Jurassic Park was about a likable man who tried to play God or Nature if you like...to do something that was not meant to be...and it resulted in horrible consequences. The sequels are all about action. This movie is about a girl who doesn't know what she wants or where she's going, mislead by an unscrupulous man, akin to how Nastasya Flillipovna in "The Idiot" is. Both movies have substance to them. Still, there is the Golden Age, and then there is simply great film, like The Shawshank Redemption, Jurassic Park, and Cast Away. A movie that can make you cry over a volleyball floating away is great film, but this is pure...only people with appreciation for art can enjoy it. Some people can't sit through it. "What's this all about? I don't get it."
This is the most beautiful part of breakfast at Tiffany’s, it will live in my heart forever.
I'm still listening and watching this masterpiece in 2020 who's with me??
I’m here 😊 25th August.
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One of the most elegant, graceful, and beautifulest woman the world has ever known.
She had anorexia :(
Jakiazhhabzg Staruiszjjzg No she didn’t! She was starved as a child due to the Nazi occupation of her home town and the horrific conditions they imposed. It did so much damage to her metabolism that she couldn’t put on weight no matter how much she ate. This later contributed to the cancer that killed her. Her son told it all.
@@TheLadyStoryteller she really did. Just do some research , she had anorexia and a bmi of 15.8 (denutrition)
@@jakiazhhabzgstaruiszjjzg3165 anorexia, by definition, would suggest that she intentionally didn't eat to avoid gaining weight, and had the mental afflictions (fear of becoming obese, poor body image, etc.) that come with the disease. On the contrary, Audrey knew all too well that she was too thin, didn't want to go without food, but had no choice due to her situation; what is more, she had a lot of body confidence and wholly embraced how she looked later in life. That is pretty much the opposite of anorexia. Audrey and sufferers of anorexia would both be malnourished, but they are not the same thing at all.
xreturnwthhonorx beautifulest???
I could look at her all day.
I've been doing it for ages now. :( So addictive.
u mean him?
@@easyaptitude1505steve Ma acqueen would have been perfect instead of Peppard
That 1 minute-sequence of Audrey/Holly looking at the jewelry and eating her breakfast show more deep feelings than any film of today
God I love this movie. This opening scene always moves me.
Richard Albert Henderson Audrey Hepburn didn't. She hates pastry.
Kathy Jones She couldn't tolerate any rich food because of the malnutrition she suffered in the second world war.
Thin lips chewing pastry and slurping starbucks? People are strange.
RIP Hubert de Givenchy. His partnership with Hepburn remains timeless.
Last year on my 40th birthday I went to NYC and had breakfast at Tiffany's just like Audrey. Then I had my picture taken on the front steps of the house. Great day! Love this movie and everything Audrey!!
+Pepe Castelao cool! I hope you get to. It was fun.
Crying of laughter
Why is everyone so negative?goodness
+Devaldha What did he do?
How lucky are you, i wish i could do that good on you
The music, the scenery, the beauty of Audrey - one of the most beautiful and mesmerizing opening scenes in movie history.
This is such a sad film. How many memories of "the girl" you knew in your heart wasn't the right match... but you miss her 50 years later.
There were a couple.
That just made me cry.
@@sparkles999rose2 One I have no idea where to even look, and one is still married. Besides, they weren't interested then, why would they be now?
@@sparkles999rose2 The one I'm thinking of most is still married to the same guy, all these decades later. Pretty unlikely she even remembers me, let alone thinks of me.
My heart has only been captured by one woman who I still seek!
This magic dress belongs to the Museum of fashion in Madrid, Spain.
Hubert attempted to donate it to the museum after visiting it when he was organizing the large exhibition he held at the Thyssen Bornemisza's museum before he died.
He said: "This museum is impressive, you are doing a great job", this, added to his admiration for Cristóbal Balenciaga, who was his teacher and Spanish, made it seem like a good idea to donate this iconic dress to Madrid. Three copies of this dress were made but Audrey Hepburn only wore one of those three, and that was the one that is kept in the fashion museum in Madrid.
I had the opportunity to hold it, and it is absolutly magical.
OMG !!! Balenciaga…. Just his name is enough to express everything in fashion… And his perfumes…. Le Dix, Quadrille, fleeting moments (la fuite des heures)… amazing !
... that's amazing
This Dress was a Givenchy dress
Don’t think there will ever be another Audrey Hepburn , she was sheer perfection , took my breath away with her sheer elegance and beauty.RIP🥀
Wow... Thanks for the information..I love it
She was the most beautiful woman in history! I love her and her movies.
This is the film that inspired every woman to have a "little black dress" in her wardrobe.
It's a tie between her and Grace Kelly
Frankly, I think Audrey Hepburn is, and will always be, the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. I kind of had a bit of a girl crush on her in Roman Holiday! Audrey was definitely the sole definition of female elegance, everything a woman should be. Curiously enough, she seemed to be one of the few women in history that another woman would not be jealous of at all-everything she showed off, such as her grace, her beauty, being very skinny and petite, and her magnificent VOICE, it was all RIGHTFULLY owned by her. So tragic that this cinematic queen died from cancer.
Ingred Bergman imo
@@gavinreid5387 yes she was also very elegant! I’d say she and Audrey Hepburn were the two most elegant females to ever exist!
This is one of the most iconic movie openings of all time up there with the intro for the Sound of Music 😁
you´ve read my mind, I was thinking of both movies at the time
Indeed.
I miss this time of my life. I loved her and I loved the 60's.
U live in the best era
Good song. Sad but a happy ending. She realized she's need
Love this song. These days the so scarcely
Me too..A good.movie and a good glimpse of a very scared human trying to make sense of this world..
The opening scene sets the mood. So beautiful and nostalgic.
It's not only so sad that they do not make lovely romantic movies like this anymore; but it's also infinitely sad that we don't have infinitely magnificent and beautiful actresses like Audrey Hepburn anymore. She exemplified and emphasized what it is and means to be a truly lovely lady and what it is to be truly beautiful inside and out and touched so many lives in such infinitely beautiful and loving ways. Love you Audrey; Eternal Love my Huckleberry friend; Rest In Heavenly Peace.
Your comment made me cry. I adored Audrey Hepburn. There will never be another like her!
great hon!
materialgirl8707 Maybe because she wasn't American and was from Europe? There are elegant classy European actresses. They don't make it to the Hollywood screen usually. Today's American actresses are bitchy and manly.
amen
plumeria66 manly? Just because they aren't classy or elegant? You just said a really dumb thing.
I love the elegance of "old hollywood" and the clothes.
love this era in time, wishing I could turn back the clock.
+Al QFloyd meatloaf?
Al QFloyd I laughed way to hard at your comment
Vivian Leon i feel the exact same way
You could actually
Such rich colours in those old film stocks ; )
Great films, much like great photographic works, always stay frozen in time. They never die.
+dantheman1984 Let me retract that statement and say this. Great films, much like all great works of art, stay frozen in time. They never die.
+dantheman1984 agreed
dantheman1984? 0
dantheman1984 Truly great ones like this reach through and pull us in.
And they give more each time they are revisited. Case in point.
I saw this film when it was released and after all these years, I can still watch it and be just as enthralled as when I first viewed it. In particular, this opening/credits sequence, it still gets me.
The opening scenes seems like an ending scene because of credits
No it doesn’t. That’s how films used to do credits (and some still do). It may seem like that to YOU because you have little experience with older films, but you can’t generalize your experience to everyone like that.
El Fenomeno Is something wrong with you? Why don’t you just calm down?
@BlownMacTruck . Take it easy. I'm old enough to remember credits in the intro and its still weird to me since this is not the norm anymore. Close minded bitch.
@@BlownMacTruck okay, boomer.
Countrycowboy08 Nice fail at trying to sound relevant.
I remember going to the drive-in to see this movie .The girl I was with (Sharon Furtado) ,we actually just watched the whole thing .R.I.P. my most dearest love .
It's those moments we most wish we could revisit.
Sounds like a lovely girl.
May she rest in peace
Did you get married? Or was she a high school or college sweetheart ?
Awww, that truly touched my heart.
I saw it at the Drive-In too with my boyfriend, now husband. I just loved everything about her. To me she was the epitome of class..
Try this: download this specific song (not the recorded one). Then, buy a danish or croissant, a cup of joe, visit your nearest city (with the skyscrapers and all that) in the morning, walk through the streets, eat your breakfast while playing the song on your Spotify. Result? Epic! This will also remove those "mean reds" in you.. :)
what a great suggestion! i'll get my croissant, a cup of jasmine green tea and take a walk in Central Park, NY instead :)
Darika Nantiya Awesome! How I wish I can stroll thru NYC parks/streets, too! NYC is my haven on earth! :D
Countrycowboy08
What keeps you from doing that :) NYC does have quite a bit of magics.
Well, I'm just in love with the city and the idea of living in it, having a decent job, having my own family, walking thru the avenues and parks of NYC, riding yellow cabs and subways, and being rude to people. Hahahah.. A lot of people are telling me that living in NYC is expensive and not worth it, but for me, it is! :D
Countrycowboy08 That sounds fun! Personally I love to visit the place from time to time to enjoy what it has to offer but wouldn't want to live there. Living there would be like having a Thai dish "Tom-Yam-Kung" every meal and get your mouth burned and stomach upset:)
Listening to this makes me miss the Golden Age of Hollywood and all the actors/actresses that helped make it so. RIP all you stars on earth, now stars in Heaven
Sad that Hollywood does not make movies like this anymore with actresses as STUNNING as Audrey Hepburn and music as beautiful as Henry Mancini's.
Maybe that's because there aren't many stunningly beautiful women in Hollywood anymore, and have you listened to the garbage that passes as music these days? Hip hop is not music, and Rosie O'donnell, Hiliary Clinton, and Oprah Winfrey are the furthest things from beautiful.
Doug Celeste....The social changes of the mid sixties also altered the subject material of films to come. There was backlash against sugary, romanticized movies featuring glamorized actresses no average woman could be. Genres run their course and films are about generating profit.
@Esther V. It's not just "boomers" who feel that way.
@@Kurt77777 literally no one was talking about hip hop or Rosie O'donnell, Hiliary Clinton, or Oprah Winfrey, but yeah... go on your ranting.
@49jubilee .....I don't want to go to the movies anymore because of it and the 12 to 15 dollar tickets. If I want crap and foul language I'll just stay home and watch TV.
_The credits show:_
*"Miss Hepburn's wardrobe provided by Hubert de Givenchy"*
A match made in heaven... 🌷
This is still when Hollywood could make a movie without everyone getting shot and everything blowing up!
And even though she was a call girl she never had to be seen in bed with a client
Thankfully La La land brings back a bit of class
You do realize that back then they still had action movies right? Obviously they wouldn’t have a bunch of people getting shot and blown up in a romcom...Well unless you’re watching West Side Story👀
@@pilotjonas8 we’ve had a million different movies that have class and aren’t sex heavy... it’s a matter of what type of genre you’re into as well as directors. you can also have sex and still have class. class is about above all confidence as well as how you treat other people.
@@Durbelethwen I didn’t even know she was a prostitute and saw the movie many times. That’s how subtle movies were back then but I’m so used to blatant displays of sexuality I forgot to read between the lines.
OK...I've been playing this song/clip all day on loop and I'm still not tired of it. It's just so soothing, mellow, pretty, lush and sentimental sounding.
Fun fact: Audrey hated that pastry.
@@danh8079 what? the cars always run on the right side of the street. This taxi was not going on the wrong direction. Please stop making up crazy fun facts lol
Mon Mi I think Dan H is right cuz at 1:25 u could see the cop
Does it really matter?
Cant you just enjoy a classic movie without dissecting it ?
Yes she did it was switched . Because the first few takes of the scene the pastry had powdered sugar on it . It kept coming off so they got one without .
what was she eating ?
This scene is so powerful that it feels like present day no matter when u watch it. The style of Audrey is timeless. I watched it in the 80s, 90s..early 2000s and today...
That time, that place will never ever be again..
I know , i feel such a nostalgia for this era and i wasn´t even born back then ...
One of the last films of the golden era of hollywood!!!
oh no trust me it's there. But only in NYC. It is still there.
Yes so true
Good.
This footage invites me into the nostalgic comfortable feeling,
This film is a cradle of my dream
The opening is for the Ages. Sleek Manhatten. Beautiful Ms. Hepburn.
+Michael Doyle She apparently did not like eating that Danish but she hid it well. She was very convincing. Beautiful opening, yes.
+Brooke Hanley I think she was alergic to Danish,but like a true profesional and a real lady she shoot the scene.
+Michael Doyle And don't forget that 1960 Ford taxi in the opening scene.
+Ernie Johnson Classic beauty of a car. The memory of that car is ingrained from my childhood. It equals the early 60's.
+Brooke Hanley It was also the first car used in the Andy Griffith series.
I just wanna meet Audrey Hepburn
ALVINNN She is dead you know...
Maybe they will meet in heaven???
Another life :(
ALVINNN Up there 😇☝☝☝☝
I just wanna wear that dress and those pearls.
Henry Mancini scored one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard in a film.
The opening to Breakfast at Tiffany's makes me very nostalgic for that era in Hollywood
Hello Brian Shivak 😉
I love this song.
I totally agree with you Brian. I wonder if people from the midwest or rural america connect the same way. For me as an east coaster, the 50s NYC location in the sleepy empty morning of the big city is an important part of the magic.
Written by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer.
I'm so glad they decided to keep this in the film, in Audrey I saw that the directors didn't want the song
There is just something SO New York about this. The evening gown at the break of dawn, the coffee and croissant to go, the shades to hide the eyes after a night of partying. It radiates the city.
Let's call it a convenience store maple bar...makes the scene even more emotional.
*_She would’ve been 90 last year._*
*_R.I.P Audrey Hepburn xxx_*
After watching a lot of Audrey Hepburn's movies, I feel like I miss her.
Tears in my eyes. I was so young. And she was so beautiful.
I was at a Tiffany's store once and had the incredible privilege to touch and hold one of the bracelets shown in this scene! It wasn't the exact same bracelet, of course, but it was still an incredible experience!
One of the best opening scenes ever. Just saw this movie for the 1st time what an fantastic classic movie that I feel still resonates greatly today.
Audrey Hepburn my female hero. Breakfast at Tiffany's my favorite. Audrey was a vulnerable and elegant spirit.
I’m so glad they casted Audrey Hepburn instead of Marilyn Monroe. I feel like Audrey’s innocent demeanor contrasted well with Holly’s party girl character, because it help emphasize that Holly didn’t know who she really was and that she was depressed with who she ended up being. Everyone expected her to be this ditzy party girl, but she had deeper emotions that made her almost child-like despite being a call girl/prostitute.
Marilyn would have been the best and most consistent with the novel's character. Marilyn was more exciting
No Face agree with u audrey is so elegant with this i can’t stop watching this scene
@@teacuppuppy162 it does not cause me emotions... but it is matter of taste
There's no way you could tell AH is better than MM in this role coz MM never got to play it. MM also had the innocent demeanor you talked about. MM was also a wonderful actress. Watch The Misfits if you don't believe it. Most people go gaga over Hepburn because of the chic clothes she wore in this movies, and they can't imagine someone else could also pull off this role.
actually MM might have been better - given her personal back story. I prefer other AH movies - but the opening to Breakfast is breathtaking in so many ways.
You know, sometimes, very sometimes, so rare, that Hollywood gets it right, here it is, love the 50mm lense and exquisite film stock used
This opening scene has a combination of things that makes this movie so unique: the car coming through one Street in a beautiful New York of the decade of 60s, Audrey Hepburn getting out from the Taxi, just watching her is an experience, and the amazing music.
marioalll finally someone also praising the music! :)
Don't stop there.
1:40
Ladies and Gentlemen. Behold. One of the most famous and iconic shots in all of Cinema.
i think marilyn blowing up skirt is definitley more iconic
@@faysalh1996 he said “one of”
So much story/character development in this shot. beautiful sky down 57th. Nostalgic today, always remember how much my wife loved Audrey Hepburn. No girls, but rest assure she would have been named
Audrey. Sweet lil memory.
@@faysalh1996 why is it the Marilyn fan always have to butt in on other fandoms conversation not everyone likes marilyn or thinks she's that iconic.
@@anita_loves_apples765 because basically she is
you don’t have to like her or even be a fan of her to admit that she is basically the most iconic hollywood celebrity
Man she's was beautiful .......
Audrey has something special, I don't know why, but I feel in love with her in this movie....
That is "IT"! No matter how she looked or how she felt or how she was...she had "IT"!!!! Very few actresses nowadays has that fantastic quality I'm afraid....
marioalll
Vulnerability.
Asmaa Osman somehow IT stands for computers.
@Gazzara5 ... er no ... she was British ... yea she was born in Belgium but her father was British, her mother Dutch and her nationality was totally British as was her accent although she spoke a number of languages ... she spent time between belgium and England ... many people just happen to be born in countries because of their parents circumstances but that does not mean that country is their nationality ... Bob Hope was born in Britain but was American, Kiether Sutherland was born I Britain but is Canadian, Nicole Kidman was born in the USA but is Australian the list is endless ... Jesus was born in a stable but was not a horse ...
I'm a Japanese student living in Tokyo, and while everyone seems to idolize Tokyo, the reality of working in Japan is very serious; it's a stress society. I don't know much about the situation in New York, but I greatly admire such a stylish and elegant lifestyle. I love this movie, and dreaming of listening to this song, eating croissants, and strolling through this town is my wish. Someday, I want to visit New York.
One of the finest opening scene in Hollywood history.
I was 12, still living at home, & Mom used to have the radio on most of the time. That's when I first heard this song. I was transfixed even at that age by the indescribable beauty of the melody & the glorious lushness of the arrangement. I got a lump in my throat then, & still do to this day when I hear it, because I'm reminded of when I still thought the world was a wonderful place to be... peace out
The greatest opening scene if any movie ever made. Ironies abound. A class-act actress whose inner beauty was often misunderstand until the end of this movie and the tremendous work she did abroad helping others. Why can't Hollywood produce human beings like this more often?
Murph3579 Hollywood could never in a million years "produce" an Audrey Hepburn. They just borrowed her for a while.
Guess you've never seen the original star wars , Jaws, and the Return of the King Lord of the Rings .Those are epics that are far above that movie or any other.
A classic with class; movies just aren't produced like this anymore. People you just don't know how much you're missing out!!
this scene is such a masterpiece in all ways. i don’t know why i feel so related to this. i watched this film last year and i can’t get enough to say that this is one of the most beautiful scenes i’ve ever seen. for réal. ☁️💍
Me too..A very frightened human being trying to make sense of this crazy world..
One of the best opening scenes ever
Nostalgic, especially hearing this music with someone u love...gives me goosebumps
The most beautiful film starring a most beautiful, elegant lady, in every sense of the word. We miss sweet Audrey your gentle charm now shines elsewhere. God bless you❤
......and every time I walk by Tiffany's I say a little prayer for Miss Hepburn.
Nostalgic, especially when you hear this music with someone you love...it gives me goosebumps
Long ago, this was the New York City that inspired dreams for so many young actors, artists, writers, musicians and poets. A place impossibly elegant and sophisticated, nothing like the hick towns all across America. Nothing like the razzmatazz electronic overkill of today's gaudy Time's Square.
Do not be dismayed, longing for a reality in past times. The greatest future is indeed ahead of us. Once things have cleaned up a bit more, and people come into truths and awareness, the Golden Age of Humanity will birth. Thousands are ready , behind the scenes , to spearhead this. A Renaissance of Humanity , art, technology, removing of debt slave mentality, a reaching for the stars, and all illnesses gone.
@@ediewall6360 It's long past time for the agents of positive change to emerge and to reverse the death spiral we are in. I always believed in the inevitable victory of true spiritual evolution (student of Teilhard de Chardin that I was). Joni Mitchell's "Impossible Dreamer." This is our moment now as I see it, just out of reach... something's coming: ruclips.net/video/VJZ--WNq_II/видео.html
@@ediewall6360 This was sweet Edie. I appreciated seeing this on this August morning.
Many blessings to you ☮️✨🦋
And now after years of Liberal left wing decay, The city is a crime ridden worn out shit hole. Those are the brakes.
Audrey Hepburn one of the most beautiful women that ever walked on this Earth. She's an Elegance, She's stunning, She's an Icon, She's a Humanitarian, Everyone loves her, She loves Everyone❤️ We missed our best Actress and an Icon
Wow. Still gives me goosebumps after all the years. Classic!!!
New York City at its height of romance and elegance and class!!!
Well, that's all gone!
@@Theywaswrong Yes, killed and kicked into the gutter by progressive Democrats.
@@tokenjoy No, kicked into the gutter by greedy selfish corporate oligarchs, who are nothing more than parasites with money
@@tokenjoy Go back to the children's table child, or you'll miss your pudding!
@@if6was929 Truth hurts, doesn't it? Dems control all the major cities from top to bottom and turned them into dystopian sh@tholes. So enjoy your progressive pigsty and the slop they dole out.
Still one of my favorite opening scenes in any film, ever.
Everything; the cinematography, the music, the character, the style...
Everything in this scene is just perfect.
Might just be my favorite opening to a film ever, this theme tho good lord
How much I loved this scene for so many years! Even as a young boy, I wondered why a fully dressed young woman would have a 'breakfast' like that? Very poignant and a perfect opening for a wonderful movie. Along with the Roman Holiday, my favorite Audrey films! RIP Miss Hepburn.
In Dec. 2000, I visited NYC and of course, Tiffany's and bravely asked a clerk what the cheapest jewelry they have. He kindly smiled and patiently(just like the movie) showed me a beautiful silver ring and said it's $80. My wife was embarassed and stayed 20 ft away from me.
Timeless! The good old days. How I wish
Young Choe Night work.
Tiffany &Co, those little rings are overprice,and got mold after a while.Same with the necklaces and bracelets.I like Bvlgari better.
Young Choe Thank you for that great story!😊
Your ring was the most valuable of all the store...
This movie is absolutely beautiful. I love it
It’s amazing they got the opening of the taxi arriving at Tiffany’s on the first shot. No crowd control, they found a lull in traffic and started filming.
The music and just her in general is just beautiful ❤
When movies were meant to be a memorable watching experience. Everything from wardrobe, cinematography, screenplay and plot were creative art. Nowadays movies are a production line of recycled stories and just generally unwatchable if you have a functioning brain . Society has regressed. Agree?
If you open your eyes to more than just criticizing, you'd find some beautiful films of today, films like Lady Bird and Call Me By Your Name. The times have changed, so does where you find beautiful films.
Head above water is pretty good
bigkozlov There was probably bad movies back then; just no one remembers them. But movies these days only care about playing things safe and profits. There are many good books and tv shows so I don’t think it is society exactly just the film industry.
The thing is maybe you don't know where to look
I wish your were wrong, but you're not. The toxic comments about what you said proves the point.
How does she manage to make what should've been a throw-away scene so riveting?! The way she walks, her posture, it's captivating; the way she reorganizes the coffee and pastry in her grasp as she takes them out of the bag, you believe she really is the character and she does this little routine every morning of her life D:
The greatest movie opening ever, in my opinion.
No actually "A long time ago in galaxy far far away ... " is the greatest movie of all time.
@@norandrostenedione Rubbish, childish nonsense.
I agree and the best ending to a movie was "The Nun's Story," which was also Audrey's.
I like it also. It is a somber opening, yet she looks so glamourous yet alone.
No the best intro is the on of "Cannonball Run"
I was born in 2004, but whenever I get to watch old hollywood movies. I get this weirdly odd sensation of nostalgic, it's like I have watched it before (Which I haven't) I don't know what this feeling is but it is somehow feels great and kind of sad. I feel like I'm reminiscing a movie that I haven't watched.
movie, music and audrey were fabulous. sadness, nostalgia and admiration while watching the film.
I’m 16 and I can tell all those modern Instagram models don’t even come close to her , and they could never ...
RIP💔
Ugh I was born in the wrong era
You're right. Sadly. She is an icon. Not Kylie Jenner. There was a time once when women new their worth
Leonardo ... this sad movie is one of the favorites of 16yo singer/songwriter Grace VanderWaal for several reasons, that's all I have to say.
same cuz.
you mean era
This era was very intolerant of other types of beauty though
I bought this from a charity shop a few weeks ago and have been meaning to watch it forever. After watching that beautiful intro all I wanna do is watch it now! But exams, maybe it can be my end of exams treat next week!
I own the original album of this movie and vhs and dvd... cassette cd ,I’ll never tire of this beautiful music..
Most beautiful woman who ever lived. 😊xxxx
She was so dainty. I love her movies.
Pam Lovejoy I saw a documentary about Nefertiti. She was adored as the most beautiful woman in ancient Egypt. There's that famous bust of her, and to show what she would have looked like "in the flesh" they did this computer mapping thing and found that she would have looked like Audrey Hepburn. so Audrey can lay claim to being the most beautiful woman since Nefertiti.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 Audrey was born in Brussels Belgium. Her parents were Europeans; Belgium and Austria. Audrey was a British citizen.
Peg Asus At 15 she was active in the resistance movement and smuggled messages for them. Her father was a Nazi but she was very anti-Nazi. In later life she was a dedicated UNICEF ambassador. Beautiful, brave and compassionate.
Juan Perez lmao that’s hilarious
It gives me the goosebumps whenever I watched the opening scenes...the music so soothing..very nostalgic
I'm a middle aged white guy and I love this scene. So simple yet elegant. Damn Ms. Hepburn wore that dress to perfection. ❤️
Nobody cares your age or race
@@Boondoggle6969 Your wrong, I thought it was so nice he said it all view points matter.
This is what world needs. Love and beautiful art. Thanks Hollywood!