re: Separated at Birth: "After Hours" and Joe Frank's "Lies"

Phil Nugent — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:37:29 GMT

I could be wrong, but I don't think that "Motorama" actually got a theatrical release, though it did get some festival play, including a slot in NYC's prestigious "New Directors/ New Films" series. On the other hand, "Vampire's Kiss" did make it into theaters, but in a version that was re-edited by the producers over the objections of the director.

A lot of the time you can only guess at what combination of factors may have caused someone's movie career to go cold, especially in the case of a screenwriter, who might be very productively turning out work that never makes it to the screen. Minion was very young when he did this, and in the eyes of many, his real crime was probably costing his bosses a lot of money to keep it out of court so as to avoid embarrassing Scorsese. But a lot of people who were older, smarter, and better connected have committed worse offenses without being sent to Movie Jail.

re: Separated at Birth: "After Hours" and Joe Frank's "Lies"

johnny_yesno — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:49:15 GMT

Actually, Minion's high point après-After Hours is probably Motorama, which I remember renting because I saw the After Hours connection on the sleeve. I remember liking it and would like to see it again. But due to this story (which I had never heard before), I can understand why Minion either a) hasn't been very productive since, or b) isn't exactly someone people are dying to work with.