Reportedly, director Wilder was inspired for the film by watching David Lean""sBrief Encounter (1946)with a short scene about a man who vacates his apartment for a couple""s secret tryst (Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson)." He softens he noise of his dancing by appointing himself "official sand man" and sprinkling sand from the hallway cuspidor on the hotel suite""s floor.Phooey, Buljanoff."Having decided to stay in one of the nicest hotels in Paris, they ask where they can lock up their only piece of luggage - a large, double-handled suitcase.I think consideration first.Tall, definitely tall.Someone I can talk to in bed.A good sense of humor, not afraid of sex.A Texas oil man.Aggressiveness.Outdoor type.A rebel.Young.Youth.Joe gives a Texan yell, believing he fits the bill perfectly.Finally arriving in New York, he checks into the Claridge Hotel, where he decorates his fifth-floor, second-rate hotel room with a torn poster of Paul Newman fromHud (1963)and a picture of a topless woman from a men""s magazine.