August 4, 1991
Mark Abrams drove down and we spent the day brainstorming about the Prince Saga (Parts 1 through 4).
In the morning on our way to MacDougal St. we ran into Sandra Levinson. She was with a beautiful Cuban woman whom she introduced as “the wife of Aléa.” Would that be Tomás Gutiérrez Aléa, the director of Memories of Underdevelopment? Wow! Sandra introduced me as the author of a screenplay about Cuba she was halfway through reading which was “very good.” O happy day!
Day before yesterday, Ken Sherman called to say that Herman Rush had offered $70,000 to do In the Dark as a TV movie but balked at $250,000 for a feature. Ken wanted to know if he should hold out for the full deal. For some reason, I can’t work up any excitement about seeing In the Dark get produced now. To get Bird of Paradise made, though, I’d give… well, don’t ask me what I’d give!
By this point, Ken must be wondering whether I’m really serious about screenwriting or if I’m just a dilettante who’s never going to leave the computer game business.
