Dr. Peter Weller
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And because the theme of it is dynasty and incest. Now, people don't want to see that. People want to say, oh, it's power. No. Oh, it's water. No. Oh, it's land. No, it's not. What's the last thing John Huston does? Take that girl out of that car, say, come with me.
She's my mother.
She's my mother.
She's my mother.
I mean, she's my daughter. She's my sister. She's my daughter. She's my sister. She's my daughter. That's the theme of it. That that guy, like the Egyptians and everybody else, wants that dynasty.
I mean, she's my daughter. She's my sister. She's my daughter. She's my sister. She's my daughter. That's the theme of it. That that guy, like the Egyptians and everybody else, wants that dynasty.
I mean, she's my daughter. She's my sister. She's my daughter. She's my sister. She's my daughter. That's the theme of it. That that guy, like the Egyptians and everybody else, wants that dynasty.
Fuck the valley. That's the plot, man. So I get to say to Robert Towne this, and I said, you know, I was at Bob McKee's story analysis course, and everybody missed it. I'm sitting with Diane Keaton. I'm sitting with other famous actors, my friends. I'm sitting with the entire development team of Paramount Pictures, and Bob McKee's saying, what is the theme of Chinatown?
Fuck the valley. That's the plot, man. So I get to say to Robert Towne this, and I said, you know, I was at Bob McKee's story analysis course, and everybody missed it. I'm sitting with Diane Keaton. I'm sitting with other famous actors, my friends. I'm sitting with the entire development team of Paramount Pictures, and Bob McKee's saying, what is the theme of Chinatown?
Fuck the valley. That's the plot, man. So I get to say to Robert Towne this, and I said, you know, I was at Bob McKee's story analysis course, and everybody missed it. I'm sitting with Diane Keaton. I'm sitting with other famous actors, my friends. I'm sitting with the entire development team of Paramount Pictures, and Bob McKee's saying, what is the theme of Chinatown?
And people are saying power, water, land, blah, blah, blah. And McKee goes, no, it's not. It's the thing you don't want to look at. It's the most horrible thing in the world. It's fucking incest. It's dynasty. Yeah.
And people are saying power, water, land, blah, blah, blah. And McKee goes, no, it's not. It's the thing you don't want to look at. It's the most horrible thing in the world. It's fucking incest. It's dynasty. Yeah.
And people are saying power, water, land, blah, blah, blah. And McKee goes, no, it's not. It's the thing you don't want to look at. It's the most horrible thing in the world. It's fucking incest. It's dynasty. Yeah.
It's the Ptolemies. That's right. It's the fucking Ptolemies. And so I get to tell Robert Towne. I said, Robert Towne, bless his heart, man. I was sitting with John Milius. John Milius is a hero to me. And they're both going, yeah, yeah. Because they don't want to see it. They don't want to see it.
It's the Ptolemies. That's right. It's the fucking Ptolemies. And so I get to tell Robert Towne. I said, Robert Towne, bless his heart, man. I was sitting with John Milius. John Milius is a hero to me. And they're both going, yeah, yeah. Because they don't want to see it. They don't want to see it.
It's the Ptolemies. That's right. It's the fucking Ptolemies. And so I get to tell Robert Towne. I said, Robert Towne, bless his heart, man. I was sitting with John Milius. John Milius is a hero to me. And they're both going, yeah, yeah. Because they don't want to see it. They don't want to see it.
Especially when it's an alien on your face. Speaking of beautiful stories.
Especially when it's an alien on your face. Speaking of beautiful stories.
Especially when it's an alien on your face. Speaking of beautiful stories.
Especially when it jumps out of the thing. It jumps on your face. No one would do that. So that's the beautiful thing about RoboCop. It's not about army. It's not about society. That's the stories in it. And all those ideas in it about trickle-down economics and privatization of this and militarization of whatever. Just for power. But it's not about that. That's what people want.