9月27日
One From The Hard Drive
Remember that scene in "Husbands and Wives" where Juliette Lewis leaves Woody Allen's manuscript in the taxi? This is a lot worse -- and it's no movie:
"Armed bandits raided Francis Ford Coppola's Argentine headquarters and stole a computer with the screenplay for the upcoming feature film 'Tetro,' according to local news media. The director of 'The Godfather' apparently was not in Buenos Aires at the time of the robbery Wednesday night.
"A federal police spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give his name, confirmed that a robbery had occurred and a judge was investigating, but he said he could not give details.
"The independent news agency Noticias Argentinas reported at least five people entered the offices of Zoetrope Argentina, tied up employees and took computers, cameras and other valuables.
"Noticias Argentinas said one of the stolen computers contained the 68-year-old director's script for 'Tetro,' a story about Italian immigrant artists set to begin shooting next year and starring Matt Dillon."
Geez. I mean, surely he's got some backup files (*actually, he lost 15 years of data on that computer) but how many obstacles does this man have to come up against in his influential, sometimes brilliant career?
--posted by Kim