Perhaps I missed something, but... Cat in the rain? *Spoilers* - Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Discussion

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[–] wentworthanthony-465-318288 10 years ago

Holly was planning to fly off to South America, couldn't, did not want to, take the cat with her.

As for "wet Pussy" sorry, does not fit the scene; certainly not like the train in a tunnel ending of North by Northwest. (Please tell me I got the right movie.)

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[–] InsecureNeuroticControlFreak 10 years ago

Thanks for giving me an answer.

I saw this film for the first time the day I posted this thread. I had no idea Holly was going to be such a complex... and dare I say it... Unlikable character. You don't usuallly find that in films of this era, particularly with female characters.

How dare you speak to the prince of evil that way, you SLUT?

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[–] hka-3 10 years ago

certainly not like the train in a tunnel ending of North by Northwest. (Please tell me I got the right movie.)

 You got it right. I was just watching that on TCM the other day.

Mag, Darling, you're being a bore.

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[–] bob-402-252005 10 years ago

Poor Cat. Soaking wet in the rain, held immobile between his two humans, who are giving each other more attention and affection than either is giving him.

What else that cats hate could they have possibly thrown at him in one scene?

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I'd've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids.

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[–] morganseer 8 years ago

held immobile between his two humans, who are giving each other more attention and affection than either is giving him

Are you suggesting it should be the other way around?

BBL

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[–] driscolldoll 10 years ago

In terms of symbolism, Holly says "I'm like Cat here. We're a couple of no-name slobs. We belong to nobody, and nobody belongs to us." So she leaves the cat as she runs away herself. But then she finds the cat at the end of the movie, finds herself. This is not just me reading too much into it, it's mentioned in 'The Audrey Hepburn Story' too.

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[–] peteyob 10 years ago

She definitely is the cat. The cat has no name, neither does she (I'm not Holly or Lulu). When they are in the store and steals the masks, she has the cat mask. Many more examples. Just agreeing with you!

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[–] utahman1971 10 years ago

Cats are adorable, no matter who hates them. That is just plain rude to toss a cat out like that, like they are trash. They don't understand why they get treated like that. I would never do that to my cat or anyone else's. People are just rude. That should or could of been taken out. Didn't need that in their in the movie. I know she went back for it, but still.

That is one of the dumbest ways to explain how she is a cat, by tossing her own cat out like that. She could of just ask Paul to take care of it. How hard is that?

I am a gore watching freak!!!

If it don't have it, it isn't worth the watch.

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[–] kittwarn 10 years ago

for the drama, she had to throw him out, to show that neither belonged to anyone. Her realizing the error of her ways, that morbid music, Paul running out after him, her rectifying her mistake. Makes for the best scene in the movie!

I love it! (and I love cats too, not that I could ever do anything like that)

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[–] greenleafie 10 years ago

Throwing out the cat was symbolic of throwing her own life away, if she ran away again. She thought she was showing Paul how tough she could be, but he didn't buy it. With both Paul and the cat gone, she realized she was alone and not as tough as she thought. Had he tried to stay with her, all three of them would have lost. Cat showed them that home is where the heart is, even if it's in an alleyway. Without this scene, the movie has no point.

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[–] naja12168-7 9 years ago

Throwing out the cat was symbolic of throwing her own life away, if she ran away again. She thought she was showing Paul how tough she could be, but he didn't buy it. With both Paul and the cat gone, she realized she was alone and not as tough as she thought. Had he tried to stay with her, all three of them would have lost. Cat showed them that home is where the heart is, even if it's in an alleyway. Without this scene, the movie has no point.

The most redeeming and best scene in the movie for the reasons you mentioned above.

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[–] yashamom 10 years ago

This is one of my favorite movie scenes of all time - I'm not usually a "cryer", but I can't watch this scene without tearing up.

As you wrote, she had to throw the cat out into the rain to demonstrate that neither she nor the cat needed anyone, but once the cat is gone, she realizes that she isn't as free as she thought she was or pretended to be, that life is about being connected to and loving others.

Love, love, love it!

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[–] iverbali 10 years ago

It's a movie ...good grief people...poor wittle kittum....just a movie...

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[–] Elzna 9 years ago

Cats are adorable, no matter who hates them. That is just plain rude to toss a cat out like that, like they are trash. They don't understand why they get treated like that. I would never do that to my cat or anyone else's. People are just rude. That should or could of been taken out. Didn't need that in their in the movie. I know she went back for it, but still.

That is one of the dumbest ways to explain how she is a cat, by tossing her own cat out like that. She could of just ask Paul to take care of it. How hard is that?

This is what made me not like this movie.

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[–] andreaahr (2337) 4 years ago

Cutest cat ever. This scene absolutely broke my heart....

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[–] Molly-31 10 years ago

If it were me I'd keep the cat and throw Paul out. I know that's not the point of the scene.

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[–] hka-3 10 years ago

The thought of her throwing Paul out made me laugh (even though it's the first time I liked a George Peppard character ).

Mag, Darling, you're being a bore.

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[–] morganseer 8 years ago

If it were me I'd keep the cat and throw Paul out. I know that's not the point of the scene.

LOL! I'll bet you said that just to make us laugh. Paul was a keeper.

BBL

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[–] Noir-It-All 9 years ago

I am watching the film now but will turn it off before the cat scene.

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[–] OldFriendOfTheChristys 8 years ago

I am watching the film now but will turn it off before the cat scene.

It's emotional, no doubt it, but the payoff is worth it. Granted, I prefer to watch this film alone, particularly the ending, as I cry uncontrollably.

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[–] Noir-It-All 8 years ago

There is payoff, true but I still can't watch the scene. I hope to foster a cat that was tossed from a car so it the situation is too close to me to detach from it.

"Two more swords and I'll be Queen of the Monkey People." Roseanne

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[–] solesister 8 years ago

In the novella, "Paul" never sees Holly again but he sees a carved African artwork that looks just like her. Months later, after searching the neighborhood where she dumped the cat, he thinks he sees it, warm and well-fed, in the window of somebody's apartment, and ends the story hoping that Holly, like the cat, found a place she could call home. The ending is about hope - not guarantees- that these semi-wild things who passed his way have landed on their feet

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[–] JohnnyJohnson (282) 14 hours ago

But that's the problem. I totally missed the "touching" dialogue between the two when they were sitting in the cab and he gave her the ring. All I could think of was the poor kitty. The last shot we saw of it the poor thing was drenched and looking sad watching its owner drive away. I couldn't concentrate on what they were saying or their emotions. I didn't care. I only cared about the cat.

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[–] AnagramYYZ (606) 12 hours ago

I couldn't concentrate for another reason. It boggles the mind how folks watch this scene so concerned about dramatic symbolism, character-awakenings, the poor cat, etc, when in the midst of all this, was one the most sexually potent and charged lingerie shots to ever grace a classic film, and with the most ethereal of young actresses putting her feet up on the taxi seat-back and hastily applying sheer black nylon stockings in full view with crisp technicolor detail.

I'm quite certain this celluloid moment was the genesis of speedy sperm, Quentin Tarantino, whose parents conceived him somewhere within a few months of it's release to the public. I was born myself twenty years later, but still remember the teenage, semen-stained bedsheets after late night viewings while Audrey Hepburn, herself, had sadly already passed. Very smart woman to tease us, and leave such a erotic legacy to subsequent generations. It's not her only film to feature her sexy feet either.

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[–] monkey714 8 years ago

Its paws had been singed on the tin roof.

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[–] Jes' Sayin' (6349) 5 years ago

She was illustrating her point that she was totally disconnected from everyone, that she didn't own the cat and that the cat didn't own her.

What came next is about how she learned she was wrong about that.

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