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Breezy's life and personality (So many questions)

posted 10 years ago by Tri-State_Skater
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Will Breezy end up happy? Will her and Frankie last more than a year? Will they brake up, but he'll send her money? He sends his ex wife money and she didn't even seem to care about him. That speech he gave Breezy about wanting love back. I assume that's why he sends the money. Maybe him and Breezy won't break up. Although even if they don't he will die a long time before her. Will he leave all his money to her? Does she even care about that? Will she become a bitter old widow? Will she really find someone else all those years later? She won't be a young anymore, and its tough for women.

What about Breezy's moral compass? She was in a tight situation. Her parents died, and maybe her an aunt weren't on really good terms. She clearly left for good after high school. What she did with Frankie was a rehearsed thing. She fell in love with him later. I don't think she wanted one night stands all the time, but could she really leave it all behind. Also how had she avoided weirdo's for so long? Was the beginning of the film the first weirdo she ever met?

What about her friends? Were they all like her? Were they ex-military? It was the 70's and many Vietnam veterans became homeless. Could she leave them behind? Were they even close to begin with? Bruno didn't recognize her when she drove by, and the other girl sold her guitar.

[–] disinterested_spectator 10 years ago

I would have been twenty-seven when this movie was made, and my memory of those days is that people like Breezy’s friends would have been hippies, which means that the men would not have been veterans, but more likely draft dodgers, and the women would never have had sex with either a soldier or a policeman. Even if there were exceptions to that in reality, as surely there must have been, audiences would have regarded such characters in the movies made back then just as I described them.

We are supposed to believe that Breezy and Frank will be happy together for a year or so and then drift apart, without any marital, legal, or financial implications beyond that. I am not saying that is realistic, just that I think the movie wants us to envision their future that way.

As far as Breezy’s moral compass is concerned, it was part of the hippie philosophy in those days that it was all right to sponge off others, just as it was all right to have sex with all sorts of different people without worrying about whether it would last or not.

I get the impression that the weirdo was Breezy’s first. That would not be so strange. Most hitchhiking situations do not turn out badly.

[–] philoj 9 years ago

>that it was all right to sponge off others, just as it was all right to have sex with all sorts of different people without worrying about whether it would last or not.

Basically it's a lifestyle in which not everything has to be a transaction. People are allowed to just give things away because they want to without expecting anything in return. "One night stand" has a massive stigma, including the recent invention of the "walk of shame." What's wrong with "I met this person and felt like having sex with them"? Why does there have to be any expectation of commitment?

So long as both partners are on the same page (this is just sex, and anything else we can talk about - or not - tomorrow), where's the harm?

[–] nickatnoon61 (52) 2 years ago

This film like most, sends the WRONG messages to the masses. REAL freedom, and happiness comes from self-discipline, by NOT having pre-marital sex, NOT drinking, smoking, or doing drugs! Would Breezy be able to hold Frank without the sex factor? Probably not. Otherwise, I thought she was a very giving, caring, and thoughtful young woman. The way Frank treated her after she cooked him a nice supper was disgraceful, but her being co-dependent, she accepted that abuse, instead of telling him off! My POINT is, once we start obeying a few simple, and practical commandments, our lives become more functional, and meaningful, and less chaotic. I know this message will go over like a LEAD balloon in todays satanic society. It IS better to give than receive...

[–] hockeyhrs 9 years ago

My interpretation is that Breezy was a hippie who was tired of being poor & starving, and once she discovered that Holden was a decent guy (not just out for a quick "poke and roll"), she decided to make him her mark (what con men call their targeted victims).

How can anybody who watches this think there's any "love" involved here?

(a) Holden is infatuated with her because she's a ripe, juicy piece of a__. Maybe he enjoys "taking care of her", but if so, it's in the same way one takes care of a pet. Hence the dog-as-metaphor (Sir Love-A-Lot = Breezy).

(b) How is a young chippy like Lenz supposed to get hard for a saggy, grey-chest-haired, wrinkley William Holden? It's impossible. She's "in love" with the idea of being taken care of (gravy train of a nice house & plentiful food). . . . . or maybe Breezy had Daddy issues, and Holden is a father proxy . . . . . or maybe Kay Lenz is a bad actress and she can't project real emotion.

No, none of Breezy's JD (juvenile delinquent) friends are ex-military. Just runaway, directionless kids so common in LA & SF in this time period.

[–] Tri-State_Skater 9 years ago

The Daddy issues point makes sense. She said her "folks" were nice, but she was still lost after their death. She needed an older adult to guide her.

[–] lamont-hard 9 years ago

You say...My interpretation is that Breezy was a hippie who was tired of being poor & starving, and once she discovered that Holden was a decent guy (not just out for a quick "poke and roll"), she decided to make him her mark (what con men call their targeted victims).

How can anybody who watches this think there's any "love" involved here?

I disagree... I don't think she just regarded him as a meal ticket nor do I think that is the message of the film. It a older man and a young woman who have there needs fulfilled when not expecting it. Of course there were material things involved but there was true love from both of them.

[–] Scarlett_Crimson 8 years ago

Wow. Jaded much?

You have either A) just gotten out of a bad relationship, or B) get spurned a lot by women younger than yourself, or C) just hate women, or D) are yourself a woman whose daddy or ex hooked up with a younger woman and you disapproved.

Whichever, your opinion here seems to be born of distaste and anger and comes across as scathingly bitter, revealing more about yourself than I think you intend.

That said, I think that Frank and Breezy have genuine affection and concern for each other. That is what makes the film charming rather than skeevy.

[–] nickatnoon61 (52) 2 years ago

OVER-react much??? L0L 2 wrongs don't = a right. I agree with you, bc I LIVED thru the 70s. I'm the same age as Kay Lenz, and her character. I remember the 'free love' baloney of the late-60s-early 70s! Everyone giving the 'peace sign' etc! I never got any of that 'free love' either! They always charged me! L0L Having researched MK Ultra a long time, I discovered the whole 60s 'peace' thang was a HUGE PSY-OP by the CIA! BTW...I LIVE 'peace' by being a 37 year VEGAN.

[–] lamont-hard 9 years ago

You are reading way to much negative stereotyping into a older man younger woman relationship. They will be happy, her background won't make a difference.