Linked List: April 2, 2016

Saturday, 2 April 2016

‘Superman’ Director Richard Donner Tells the Inside Story of the 1978 Superhero Movie ★

Stephen Galloway interviews Superman director Richard Donner for The Hollywood Reporter:

I called [writer] Tom Mankiewicz, who had been a friend for years. He said, “I don’t want to get involved. I don’t want to do a comic book.” I said, “Tom it’s more than a comic book. Please come over.”

I got a little stoned, smoked some weed, put on the Superman costume. I was in pretty good shape then. It was like elastic. And Tom pulled up, and I ran across the lawn and Tom turned and looked at me and ran back to his car.

Tom says, “You’re crazy. Get the fuck away from me!” I said, “Tom, listen. You’ve got to read this.” I gave him all my feelings about what we should do. I said, “The most important thing when you look at it is this: Make a love story. And prove a man can fly.” So he read it and he called me that night and said, “You know, there’s a lot we can do with this.”

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‘I Can See the Wind, Feel the Flowers’ ★

Dillan’s Voice — wonderful two-minute film about teenager Dillan Barmache, who is autistic and non-verbal, and who uses his iPad to express himself.

40 Years Later: Apple 3.0 ★

Nice piece by Jean-Louis Gassée on Apple’s 40th anniversary.