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From: arlan@inuxd.UUCP (A Andrews)
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Subject: Re: A BOY AND HIS DOG
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Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 16:55:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 31 16:55:00 1984
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Having been present at the first 2 1/2 times A BOY AND HIS DOG was
presented (Discon II, Washington, D.C., 1974) I can say that Ellison
acted very happy about the movie, and in fact personally introduced
the movie and ol' L. Q. Jones, its producer (he, lately of "Green Acres"
infame).  The desert and the underground city were CHEAPER than the
ruined city of the story, and that's the only reason  they were used.
And yes, ecofreaks, the whole mess was restored to pristine desolation
when the shooting was over.

One of the many great things about that movie was the complete and utter
failure of the "prediction" about the sequence of Presidents: "Kennedy,
Nixon, Ford, Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy..." (Of course, with that bunch
running things that long, one would expect society to be wiped out in 
nuclear war, right?)

Anyhow, let's not read artsy meaning into strictly commercial decisions.

(Harlan's biggest problem that night was that the projectors were
crappy, and he wound up showing the first reel twice--once with jumpiness,
once with distorted sound track.  He gave up in disgust and rescheduled it
the next night, rather than trust his ONE PRINT (!) to the terrors of
the carbon arc.)

Ellison also asked all of us to submit new names, since he was afraid of
the namby-pamby original.  I submitted THE MUD ABOVE, THE SKY BELOW...

--arlan andrews, at&t consumer products, tuesday evening, indpls, in