He said in an interview: "There's this enormous pressure to wrap everything up neatly and to resist things that stray from formula. Anything that suggests complexity in a character makes them unsympathetic in the eyes of some people, and they see that as a great crime." Polygram backed down when their version tested worse than Altman's in a preview.
He stated in an interview: "There's this immense pressure to neatly wrap everything up and resist things that deviate from a formula. Anything that suggests complexity in a character makes them unsympathetic in the eyes of some people, and they see that as a great transgression." Polygram backed down when their version performed worse than Altman's in a preview.