"You asked for 1000 francs. That means you hope for 500, and need 300. Here's 100"--Les Quatre Cents Coups
Dreamed of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's; wondering what role the late Buddy Ebsen had. [He played Audrey Hepburn's estranged husband.]
The other week Father bought a handsome picture book of Little Women at a neighborhood used book store. Today I lent it to Puitak. (She likes picture books.)
Bought the new Vanity Fair with the revelations about JFK Jr.'s marriage. (I got it for Christopher Hitchens, of course.)
Dinner was McDonald's.
Saw Francois Truffaut's Les Quatre Cents Coups (for the third or fourth time) at the Cinematheque. (The official English title is The 400 Blows, but a truer translation would be Off on a Spree.) It's one of the truest, funniest movies about childhood. (Truffaut also got it right in Small Change.) I noticed that the kid had a jacket like Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront. He looked like a pint-sized Brando, a witty effect. Classic freeze-frame ending.
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