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Robert Evans and ADA film project (circa 1969)
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One thing I have never seen mentioned on this email group is the
discussion of 'Ada' in Robert Evan's autobiography "The Kid Stays In
The Picture". According to the legendary producer, he flew overnight
to Europe to read the final draft of 'Ada', with a view to purchasing
the film rights. I seem to remember he claims to have read it all in
one night and reluctantly passed on the opportunity to buy it as "it
might have been a work of genius" but "I sure as hell couldn't
understand it". He notes with pride that "to this day, they still
can't figure out how to shoot the damn thing!".
Heh. Anyway, I read The Kid Stays In The Picture a couple of years
ago, so that's probably a highly inaccurate recollection.... a highly
recommended autobiography though, especially as the people on this
list are probably fans of "unreliable narrators"..... ;-)
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Andy
discussion of 'Ada' in Robert Evan's autobiography "The Kid Stays In
The Picture". According to the legendary producer, he flew overnight
to Europe to read the final draft of 'Ada', with a view to purchasing
the film rights. I seem to remember he claims to have read it all in
one night and reluctantly passed on the opportunity to buy it as "it
might have been a work of genius" but "I sure as hell couldn't
understand it". He notes with pride that "to this day, they still
can't figure out how to shoot the damn thing!".
Heh. Anyway, I read The Kid Stays In The Picture a couple of years
ago, so that's probably a highly inaccurate recollection.... a highly
recommended autobiography though, especially as the people on this
list are probably fans of "unreliable narrators"..... ;-)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263172/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9cm9iZXJ0IGV2YW5zfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=2;ft=20;fm=1
Andy