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From: reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: "Red Dawn"
Message-ID: <963@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 26-Aug-84 12:36:03 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 26 12:36:03 1984
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A lot of movies really do get made on the basis of market research and
predictions about what a certain portion of the audience wants to see,
but "Red Dawn" wasn't one of them.  This movie is straight from the
world according to John Milius.  It's his idea, his story, his script,
his direction.  It got made on the strength of his success with "Conan
the Barbarian", and probably because he promised a lot of action sequences.
He brought it to the studio, the studio didn't bring it to him.

Milius is definitely an auteur, if anyone working in Hollywood is.  Whether
he's a good filmmaker is another question.
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					Peter Reiher
					reiher@ucla-cs.arpa
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