Yes, the Jim Shepard book was exactly what I was erroneously thinking of as
the movie's source material. A while back, before it came out, somewhere I
read that this was the film's inspiration.Thanks for setting me straight.

Although with regard to the screenwriter's possible lack of awareness
regarding his own main character...

 >But the writer of the "Shadow" screenplay said in several
interviews that Schreck only made one film which means this writer worked
on the script a full decade without doing some elementary research on a
main character. So what should we expect?

...it seems equally likely this is merely a calculated pose in an attempt
to promote the film along the logical lines suggested by its narrative.


At 10:54 PM 5/9/01 -0400, you wrote:
>But the writer of the "Shadow" screenplay said in several
>interviews that Schreck only made one film which means this writer worked
>on the script a full decade without doing some elementary research on a
>main character.  So what should we expect?

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