>Zaillian, along with the cinematographer and editor of SCHINDLER'S LIST, did >interviews on NIGHTLINE just after the Oscars last spring. It was one of >the best shows they've ever done and illuminating in its brief way on >the collaborative aspects of filmmaking. > I would have loved to see this! I was in England at the time, but it must have been fabulous. Zaillian seems like such a shy guy - Any interview with him would be fascinating. Has anyone else seen print interviews with him? >I was also impressed by BOBBY FISCHER, which managed to avoid a number of >cliche traps and remain humorous and intelligent at the same time. (You >might contrast this as a chess film with a horrible piece of dreck called >KNIGHT MOVES, with Christopher Lambert). Zaillian did a fine job of >showing *thought,* which--conventional wisdom has it--cinema can't do. > :-) Funny you should mention KNIGHT MOVES. I thought of it when I saw BOBBY FISCHER, and have to (embarrassingly) admit I worked on it. Not the most enlightening of shoots! So I work on the dreck, and others get the good stuff... What am I doing wrong? :-) >He was helped in no small part by fine performances everywhere, from the >kid to Ben Kingsly to Lawrence Fishburn to Joe Mantegna. > Very, very true. Wonderful performances, especially the young boy (mind block). James