This story is way more interesting than the 70 up-close-and-personal feature stories that ran during the Olympics.

No 'Born on the 4th of July' stories anywhere in sight,

This turned out to be a story that didn't even have enough traction to compete with the runaway bride, which blew Michael Jackson off the screen for a week and a half.

The neighborhood was really stark. The main feature of the neighborhood was the viaducts that ran overhead.

It was a good movie; it has a good story and good screenwriter. It brings contemporary issues into a contemporary Western structure.

Billy Wilder once told me, 'Make 'em personal,' ... 'But make 'em for the people.'