November 19, 1998
Turns out that Mitchell Banks did not like the synopsis I wrote for the
back of the publicity sheet. Without telling me the problem, he said
he'd do the writing himself and instructed me simply to deliver to him
fifty copies with nothing printed on the back. Vaguely annoyed, I
briefly considered trying to regain some control over the synopsis, but
decided to let it go. If I'm looking for control, I'm in the wrong
part of the film world right now. Assuming Mitchell ever sells it,
HONEYMOON could wind up dubbed or subtitled by God knows whom without my
participation. Mitchell even seems to think that some Middle Eastern
buyers might want to cut the nudity out of their video copy--a pretty amusing
concept, really, as there wouldn't be a thimbleful of plot left with the
nude scenes gone. Maybe I'll be more upset than I realize if one
of these scenarios comes to pass, but I suspect I'll be quite pleased if
these mutilations result in my taking in enough money to start another
project. Anyway, my guess is that any TV station that reaches an
art-film audience will probably leave the film intact.
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