Richard,
You mention that the director, Cornfield, and Brando argued
over the ending of Night of the Following Day. Did either of
their endings correspond to the one in White's book? And is
there anything in that book to link it to surrealism? I
haven't read The Snatchers, but based on the couple of White
novels I have read, I can't imagine any connection, quite the
opposite.
And what were those two doing making a French film? (Is it in
French or English?) Then again, Sam Fuller made the truly
awful Goodis adaptation, Street of No Return, in Germany,
didn't he? I saw it on DVD at Tower's Going Out of Business
sale and still passed on it at 70% off. I did pick up The
Grissom Gang, Aldrich's adaptation of No Orchids for Miss
Blandish, and two of the three Maiku Hama movies
(unfortunately, they didn't have the first and I'm anal about
watching things in order, so I'll have wait to watch them
until after I order the one I'm missing).
By the way, Richard, there's a big Magritte exhibition in LA.
Unfortunately, it's not traveling; I'd like to see it if it
came anywhere near DC. But here's the web info if you'd like
to see what some of his paintings look like:
www.lacma.org/art/MagritteIndex.aspx
Mark
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