Pale Fire: A Magazine in 12 Projects Group Three | Page 73

Shakespeare! Do you know the Millenium Falcon again.
how many people have cop- They want to see Han Solo
ied fucking Shakespeare? In again. Our main concern is
this case, the fans want to see supplying fans with things
which we know they want to
see. People like things that
are familiar.
JJ: {Bites lip, clearly unsure
what to say next. Takes a
deep breath. Then, looks into
Nabokov’s eyes} Listen, I don’t
mean to come into an inter-
view and argue with you
about how you want your
movie made. I guess at this
point, I’m just trying to un-
derstand. What about… what
about meaning? What about
all those stories that have a
message, and symbols, and
intellectual
ideas,
and
a
theme? Don’t you sacrifice all
of that when you just copy
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