drose@uci-icse (07/19/85)
From: Don Rose <drose@uci-icse> People have been mentioning how Spielberg-produced films seem to be going downhill as of late, and others said that "Back to the Future" is a welcome step back to Steven's normally high quality (the latter being his latest produced-but-not-directed film). I agree with both opinions. However, I think people should not forget the DIRECTORS of these boy-wonder-produced films. Case in point: Bob Zemeckis, director of "B-t-t-Future", is a wonderful director who has made only hip, witty, winning films since I can remember (e.g. Romancing the Stone). In addition, Zemeckis co-wrote the script, and I have an informal heuristic in my head which says that films having the same director and writer usually are carefully made, and are successful (and are, most importantly, good films). --Donald Rose (ICS Dept., U.C. Irvine, Irvine CA 92715) P.S. Spielberg is the cover story for this week's TIME magazine; excellent pieces about his life (in his words), and touches on Goonies and B-t-t-future.