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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Adapting Breakfast at Tiffany's-Post #4

Breakfast at Tiffany’s would be an easy book to adapt into a movie. The way to book is written has a lot of dialogue so the movie would also have to have a lot of dialogue. One essential scene they would need to keep is when Holly goes up the fire escape to Fred’s room. I think this book needs this scene because it shows the friendship that Holly and Fred have, and how it continues to grow throughout the book.

I have also seen the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the movie it tells you that “Fred’s” name is Paul while in the book he is just referred to as Fred. I think that in the movie they should have kept his name anonymous because for some reason I think it really added to the book. I think that it showed Holly’s personality.

Lastly they should have kept the scene at the party where Fred is talking to OJ. I think this is one of the bigger scenes in the book that should have been emphases more in the movie. For example when holly is in the shower and they are talking about her.


One scene that I would cut out of the book is at the beginning when Fred is in the bar talking to Joe Bell about Holly and retelling the story. This part in the book somewhat confused me at first and I feel like it was just not that important to add. A minor character I would take out of the book and the movie is Holly’s upstairs neighbor I.Y Yunioshi, I find him completely unnecessary throughout the book. Also in the movie they make him very annoying. 

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