cjh@csin.UUCP (Chip Hitchcock) (05/22/84)
I said a few years ago on another network that Simak's WAY STATION would
probably make an excellent film---enough descriptive material that would
be scenes (rather than running time) that everything in the book could fit in
a reasonable-length film, very good story, many dramatic scenes (with
quiet ones to balance), well-organized (the book has two intros, of which
the first might be dropped and the second would be a good lead-in, plus
assorted flashbacks that could be set up wonderfully if people didn't
gag over a cue of a man sitting down to his journal). I also thought that
Coppola would direct it well, especially after THE CONVERSATION, but what
I've seen of THE OUTSIDERS suggest he's either lost his touch or lost
control to the sentimentalists.
CHip
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