Rewatching 'The Thin Man' yesterday, reminded me of someone writing about the Hank&Sarah-couple in 'Hollywood', to act a little like Nick&Nora, which of course they do.
What I wonder about is:
Could it be, Buk was intentionally using this couple to build his and Linda's behaviour in 'Hollywood'?
The reason I wonder:
Though Nick&Nora, as a couple, work very fine together (they're even funny, I think) the movie itself is lame, ridiculous, obvious and sucking on the napkin of the rich like some Scott Fitzgerald thing - so that Buk must have HATED that movie. - But then: Around the time he was writing 'Hollywood', Linda has read Fitzgerald's 'Tender is the night' (as we know from two poems in 'You get so Alone'), so maybe she was also reading This book - and he had a look into it. Could also explain his sudden interest in detective-stories, which arouse later in his last novel 'Pulp'.
I know we're into pure speculation here. Anyway - any thoughts on this?