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From: D.K. Holm <dkholm@pop.nwlink.com>
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>Dear list,
>>Those of you (like myself) with nothing better to do on Sunday evening
will
>>have heard American Beauty's screenwriter (Ball, I think) attribute that
>>film's windswept plastic bag to one he genuinely saw blowing in the
street.
>>
>>That appears to somewhat sever the proposed connection (mentioned on the
>list
>>a month or so ago) between that plastic bag and the one in The Eye. I
>hadn't
>>gotten a chance to go back to either source yet to compare, but I can't
say
>I
>>wasn't looking forward to it. Oh well....
>>
>>Had anyone else compared? Is anybody convinced enough to suggest that Ball
>>was tossing out a red herring? Then again, whom among the film industry
>could
>>he expect to catch it?
>>
>>-John
>
>**Dear List:
>
>The direct inspiration for the plastic bag bouncing on the wind is
>Nathaniel Dorsky's work from 1998, entitled "Variations."
>
>Sincerely,
>
>D K Holm
>Cinemonkey.com
>
>
From: D.K. Holm <dkholm@pop.nwlink.com>
>----------------- Message requiring your approval (31
lines) ------------------
>Dear list,
>>Those of you (like myself) with nothing better to do on Sunday evening
will
>>have heard American Beauty's screenwriter (Ball, I think) attribute that
>>film's windswept plastic bag to one he genuinely saw blowing in the
street.
>>
>>That appears to somewhat sever the proposed connection (mentioned on the
>list
>>a month or so ago) between that plastic bag and the one in The Eye. I
>hadn't
>>gotten a chance to go back to either source yet to compare, but I can't
say
>I
>>wasn't looking forward to it. Oh well....
>>
>>Had anyone else compared? Is anybody convinced enough to suggest that Ball
>>was tossing out a red herring? Then again, whom among the film industry
>could
>>he expect to catch it?
>>
>>-John
>
>**Dear List:
>
>The direct inspiration for the plastic bag bouncing on the wind is
>Nathaniel Dorsky's work from 1998, entitled "Variations."
>
>Sincerely,
>
>D K Holm
>Cinemonkey.com
>
>