Reddit mentions of Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman

The movie went through hell to be made. The script had to be edited constantly because in the 50s/60s there was a strict moral code to be upheld in movies. Nothing could directly point to the fact that Holly was a hooker/call-girl (the audience just had to guess from the small clues). In the book Paul (or Fred) was actually gay, the script writer was frustrated with the many changes he had to do so as a joke he added a part about Paul having a romance with a man but the moral editor put a huge red X over it. Also, in the book Holly swears a lot, all that had to be removed in the script. Etc. Because originally Paul is gay in the book, the makers had to give Paul a whole new story.

The director (Blake) wanted Audrey to play Holly to tone down the book character's sluttiness but Audrey said "I possibly can't play a hooker!". Blake used reverse psychology on her and told her "Well, I guess maybe you were the wrong choice afterall" and she decided to play the part after the script was edited more. Choosing the actor for Paul was a huge mess too. The producers decided to go with George Peppard but Blake (director) didn't want him because of his asshole reputation in Hollywood. In fact, Blake got on his knees and begged the producers to not hire him. During the making of the movie, George changed some things in the movie and was an overall asshole. Even Audrey hated him.

Then the producers wanted to cut Audrey's song "Moon River", but Audrey said "over my dead body". Then in the end, Capote hated the entire movie. At some party, he went on a drunk rampage yelling and screaming how the movie was fucked up. Also, he wanted Marilyn Monroe to play Holly.

Also, this movie influenced fashion too. It created the beginning of the "little black dress", big sunglasses, her big hat, and etc. Apparently, orange tabby cats became really popular too.

You can read about all the problems in the book: "Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman"
http://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Avenue-A-M-Breakfast-Tiffanys/dp/0061774162

The whole drama behind the making of this movie was pretty interesting.

I've read this one and found it an easy and enjoyable read: http://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Avenue-M-Breakfast-Tiffanys/dp/0061774162/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405517160&sr=1-8&keywords=audrey+hepburn

real serious closer-to-accurate analysis are going to be academic, or at least by some source that is well-educated, or in some place without a huge profit-motive

if you just want a general sense of how some parts of society works, here's the steps:

1. google https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Avenue-M-Breakfast-Tiffanys/dp/0061774162#customerReviews
   
   
2. scroll up to the 'product details' to find
   
   > #46 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Movies > Theory
   
   > #136 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Movies > History & Criticism
   
   > #461 in Books > History > World > Women in History
   
   
3. click on the end of each and find relevant books
   
   same for https://www.amazon.com/End-Fashion-Marketing-Clothing-Business/dp/0060958200#customerReviews
   
   
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   almost always, 'culture' is an extremely extremely difficult topic to research or learn about - because:
   
   

1. pretty much all the academics are doing very very niche things like the culture of pokemon go in a very specific context/aspect
   
   
2. there's very very few of those ppl, most ppl just arent doing this kind of research
   
   
3. research is also expensive and good comprehensive research in this stuff (culture) is going to be very expensive in terms of time and anything else
   
   
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   most important thing is that pop books are just gonna make you or anyone else a very biased person (but ppl are already biased from the limited experience of childhood/growing up)
   
   maybe reading a ton would make less biased over time, dont really know, guess ill see in 50 years