Cal, I don't what they teach in film school, and I don't know if Musca's film is claiming to be a documentary. But I confess I have no problem with Musca's attitude (don't let facts get in the way of the truth) in a feature film. When Fritz Lang made _M_, a couple of reviewers complained that it would have been better if it had stuck closer tothe facts of the Kurten and/or Haartman cases. I think Fritz and Thea got it "right". Maybe this is not what you're getting at, though... Rick Francis ---------------- On Mon, 25 Oct 1993, Cal wrote: > Is this what they teach in film schools? > > A New Jersey native, Tom Musca, who attended an unnamed film school in > Los Angeles, is the producer of recently released film MONEY FOR NOTHING, > based on an event some years back. A bag of money fell out of the back > of an armored truck; the hero, Joey Coyle, picked up the bag. Now, Joey > was not a heroic guy, what he was was a meth addict. Weeks before the film > was released, Coyle used an electric extension cord to hang himself in his > basement. > > In an article in yesterday's Philadelphia Inquirer magazine, Musca is > quoted: "'It's important not to let the facts get in the way of the truth.'" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia > <[log in to unmask]> <PRYLUCK@TEMPLEVM>