Suicide Story

“Once in an unguarded moment in the editing room Hal Ashby, the director of Harold and Maude, related a story about how he attempted to commit suicide. He planned to swim out in the Pacific Ocean until he drowned, but first determined he should find the perfect bathing suit to do so. However, the search proved futile and Ashby couldn’t find trunks that he liked… so he scrapped the idea altogether.” – from Hal Ashby: The Perennal Misfit