Re: Out-takes in the credit roll

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:50:50 -0400

Subject: Re: Out-takes in the credit roll
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 10:50:50 -0400
From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>

>Why not at the end of books?

I can think of two authors, Samuel R. Delany, and John Fowles, who have
done so.

>Is it significant that "Jackie Chan", "Smokie and the Bandit",
>and "A Bug's Life" are movies with out-takes? Is there
>something which unifies them?

They are comedies. This may be significant. In the case of Chan and
Smokie, I really do think economics is a highly motivating issue.

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