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...wouldn't want to make a movie with so much autobiographical material again," he confesses. "I'm taking the most embarrassing aspects of myself and inflating them for the world to see." But agonizing over every decision is Russell's modus operandus. After rewriting the script 15 times, he had the actors rehearse for weeks in his home--then fretted about a star like Moore using his bathroom. After Spanking, he wanted to make a funny movie. When Flirting was in the can, "I wondered why I hadn't made Leaving Las Vegas." He must have driven his parents nuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: LOOK, MA, NO TABOOS | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

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