Eventually, In '84, We Made A Film

You Want To Do Something That Shows Some Type Individuality And Talent And Imagination - At The Same Time, You Want To Be Truthful To The Predecessors, Because Obviously The Audience Liked Something About Them And You Have To Replicate That Experience To A Certain Extent.

Several Times We Were Stranded In Strange Places Without Any Money And With Our Credit Cards Cancelled - Trapped In A Hotel That We Couldn't Check Out Of Because We Had No Money To Check Out.

A Government Institution Called The Finnish Film Foundation Funds Filmmaking There, And I Wrote Several Screenplays But Never Got Any Money. They Were Sent Back To Me, And They Said That They Were Too Commercial For Them.

Ford Fairlane Was One Of Those Movies That Was So Much Fun To Make That It Was Bound Not To Be A Big Hit.

Eventually, In '84, We Made A Film For A Little Over A Million Dollars - With American Actors That Was Shot In English - That Was Shown In Finland A Little Action Film Called Born American.