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John Badham explains why it was difficult to make 'Wargames' (1983): "At the time, nobody wanted to make 'WarGames' (1983). Leonard [Goldberg] managed to get it set up with United Artists…. It was tough to make, and the attitude of the studios was, “It’s about some kid with a... show more
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![Francis Ford Coppola on how young children convinced him to make 'The Outsiders' (1983) & the reason why he loves the movie: "Interviewer: 'Rumble Fish' (1983) is so completely different a film from 'The Outsiders' (1983), not just in black and white and color, but in the tone. And everybody said, “Well, he’s off in Tulsa, making two films,” rather in a way that, once, people would go up to the desert and make two westerns at the same time. 'Rumble Fish' makes 'The Outsiders' seem an odder film than I thought it was when I first saw it. 'The Outsiders' almost felt like a film in which you weren't quite there all the time. Coppola: No, I don’t think so. 'The Outsiders' (1984) was the type of film that I personally liked, a melodrama with a romantic tone. I liked the book a lot when I read it; I thought it was sweet and youthful and had something in its little, simple theme that was of value, and I wanted to make the picture very much as the book was. Maybe that’s what you're interpreting as my not always being there, except that I did make the decision to make it exactly like the book. The key to 'The Outsiders' is the score; the fact that it’s this schmaltzy classical movie score indicates that I wanted a movie told in sumptuous terms, very honestly or carefully taken from the book without changing it a lot, with young actors—putting the emphasis more on that kind of 'Gone with the Wind' (1939) lyricism which was so important to the young girl [Susie Hinton] when she wrote it. I liked the film on that basis. It’s how I made it and why I made it. But if you think about my career, I’ve never made two films that were alike... maybe the two Godfathers. But every one of my films is very different from one another and I was feeling that I was in kind of a journeyman period of my life, approaching a future style of work as a more serious, older man which would be based on a tremendous amount of exploration while I had the chance to do that. To me it’s nothing to say, well, I’m going to make that film and it’s going to be that kind of film. Like 'The Outsiders'—it’s not that I couldn’t make that sixteen other ways. People suggested, “Well, are we really going to make this book like that?” “Well,” I said, “little kids wrote me a letter and wanted me to make it that way.” Of all the letters I get from movies, 'The Outsiders' is the one where all of these cute little fourteen- year-olds . . . so I’m in it for them. I feel I must have gained something, although it wasn’t as challenging, cinematically or even on the level of acting and other things as, say, the one that came afterwards. But I always had this idea that I wanted to make one film that was romantic and schmaltzy, like 'The Godfather' (1972), and one film that was more of an art film, more in the direction of 'Apocalypse Now' (1979)." (Francis Ford Coppola's interview with David Thomson & Lucy Gray, 1983)](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2010103103555600427/amplify_video_thumb/2009991376948342784/img/l_kRKFmpgrUZcjno.jpg)
![Nancy Allen on her favourite collaboration with Brian De Palma: "I guess I'd have to say "Blow Out' (1981) I love each one. "Home Movies" is a trifle. 'Carrie' (1976) was a kick because it was my first film. It was great. 'Dressed to Ki!!' (1980) I love for the reasons I told you. But 'Blow Out,' I think, for so many reasons. No. 1, it was such a great piece at that time. It really came together in terms of his style, content, all the actors, the performances... leading up to one of his best films ever, I think. What happened, of course, with "Blow Out" was I didn't like the character, it was never originally written for someone like myself or someone like John [Travolta]. It was really more of a small, dark, film noir piece, which I love, and the characters were a bit older than we were and really kind of past it. It was over for them, very cynical and dark. The guy's character was very cerebral, more like a John Heard or Jimmy Woods, this type of person. So, when John was cast, in a way, it was perfect. I didn't see it right away. That's not who this character is, but what John brought to the character, what wasn't there, was the heart and soul. So, I did not want to make another picture with Brian. I didn't like this character. John wanted to do it with me, and Brian said, "Well, wouldn't you like to work with John?" I said yes, of course I would. Yes, I love working with John. So I had to find a love of this person, which I did. I came to fall in love with her and give her things that I felt I could align with." (Nancy Allen's interview with Michael Calia, The Wall Street Journal, 2015) P.S: Happy 76th birthday, Nancy Allen!](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2069846772097188010/amplify_video_thumb/2069828402207731713/img/vnaHeU8QX0dv5POY.jpg)
