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Subject: Re: TLT, Woody Allen and Joss Whedon
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:56:31 -0700
From: "jmsatb5@aol.com" 
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

On Aug 29, 8:19 am, Whyru...@gmx.at wrote:
> Dear JMS
>
> Thx very much for The Lost Tales. As others have said it was like
> meeting lost thought friends. I hope there will be many more to come,
> watch and enjoy *g*. Just a short question - the taxi scene in the New
> York of the future... was that an insinuation at Luc Besson's Fifth
> Element?
>

No.  It comes from visiting New York many times.

> Second question: Have you ever thought of writing a script for a movie
> about relationships (like Woody Allen's Annie Hall, Alexander Payne's
> Sideways or Charlie Kaufman's Adaption) ?. This question came to my
> mind while watching the features on the TLT DVD where you said that
> you enjoy watching and analysing human behaviour.
>

"Changeling," the movie I sold to Ron Howard, is a strong relationship
movie, in the sense it's all character driven.  (Production starts mid-
October.)

> Last question: What do you think about Joss Whedon and especially of
> his best (IMO) two shows Angel and Firefly (which had the same destiny
> like your Crusade) ?. If circumstances let it happen would you like
> working on a project with him?
>

I think Joss is a terrific writer and I'd love to work with him
sometime on something.

jms