I thought it was vital to update this interesting concept for cinema. Talking of writing (cheap segue into my new book), The 36 Dramatic Situations is a rewrite of a French theatre classic written in the late 19th century. It got a terrible critical pasting in the states, but fared much better in Europe. It is one of my favourite films, of my own. I originally offered it to Nicholas Cage, but I couldn't see him for dust, and I was very happy with Wesley Snipes's amazing performance. And I always wanted to do an English language version of it, so this was a big influence on my rewrite. One of my favourite films is Truffault's The Woman Next Door - I think it is his best film. They offered it to me, I read it, didn't like it, they said I could do what I liked with it. I think New Line felt they'd been landed with an expensive turkey and I was hot that week, just after Leaving Las Vegas. My version of One Night Stand is so different from Mr Eszterhas's that he asked to have his name taken off the project.
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