as to the writing of WOLF according to recent vanity fair, it did not spring from the previous werewolf stories, but instead from an experience the writer had several years ago. he was camping or something and came upon a wounded wolf in the woods (sing alliteration) which bit him... he went home and that night was able to jump up and reach a chandelier he had not been able to touch before and ran around his house crazy and whatnot. he's a friend of nicholson, who he told about it and who told him he should write a screenplay on it. so there's a bit of the low-culture gossip on the story. denis bloomington [log in to unmask]