Comments on: Holden Caulfield Goes to the Movies http://classicfilmshow.com/2010/01/28/holden-caulfield-goes-to-the-movies/ all about old movies Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ros http://classicfilmshow.com/2010/01/28/holden-caulfield-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-749 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:43:25 +0000 http://classicfilmshow.com/?p=615#comment-749 Holden hated all the crap he had to watch with his stupid girlfriends. He doesn’t seem to hate the 39 steps, nor the baker’s wife (even if he doesn’t love them). I think he may have been able to find some movies he liked had he been provided with a wider variety of (possibly more obscure) options. It must’ve really sucked to be a kid in the 50s.

]]> By: Invisible Mikey http://classicfilmshow.com/2010/01/28/holden-caulfield-goes-to-the-movies/#comment-421 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:13:12 +0000 http://classicfilmshow.com/?p=615#comment-421 Great selection, and proof that even though Caulfield didn’t like the movies, his creator obviously did, and had good taste in them too. It took me a long time to understand why Salinger didn’t want to be famous. I finally learned that getting a little fame is like getting a little heroin. It may feel good while it helps you sell product, but it also distorts your life and makes it unreal. Nobody liked having an ordinary life more than Salinger, for whom the bizarreness of normalcy provided the depth and beauty of his work.

Reading not only “Catcher”, but also “9 Stories” and “Franny and Zooey” were some of the happiest hours I’ve ever spent.

(I posted about old lady talk, being invisible, and going with the flow.)

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