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Fwd: Re: Robert Evans and ADA film project (circa 1969)
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I didn't know about Evans' near-involvement in 'Ada', but I can
certainly recommend the fascinating film version of his autobiography,
which is probably about as unreliable as you can get. It employs a quite
bizarre technique of montage and cut-outs of stills that are given an
almost 3D-like effect.
Brian Howell
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:37:34 -0800, "Donald B. Johnson"
<chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu> said:
> 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"..... ;-)
>
>
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263172/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9cm9iZXJ0IGV2YW5zfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=2;ft=20;fm=1
>
> Andy
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certainly recommend the fascinating film version of his autobiography,
which is probably about as unreliable as you can get. It employs a quite
bizarre technique of montage and cut-outs of stills that are given an
almost 3D-like effect.
Brian Howell
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:37:34 -0800, "Donald B. Johnson"
<chtodel@gss.ucsb.edu> said:
> 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"..... ;-)
>
>
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0263172/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9b258ZmI9dXxwbj0wfHE9cm9iZXJ0IGV2YW5zfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=2;ft=20;fm=1
>
> Andy
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