Stephan Eicke was editor-in-chief of the only European film music magazine, Cinema Musica. He co-founded the CD label Caldera Records, and has taught classes in Germany, the Netherlands, Kenya, Ghana, and Belgium. He lives in Germany.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsvi

The Consolation of a Preface1

A Note About the Text5

Part I-Ken and Thelma and Ignatius7

1.A Posthumous Life8

2.Knocking on Thelma's Door17

[...] Mother Is Angry23

Part II-The Film That Never Was29

[...] Story of Scott's Life aka Patient Zerö30

5.Probably, Maybe Definitely36

6.Slices of Doom41

[...] Two Texans49

8.Manufacturing Dissent57

9.A Fan Gets Involved65

[...] You Pass the Rorschach Test?74

[...] Candy Can Only Have Half an Olive79

12.Doctors Differ, Patients Die86

[...] Thee Well93

[...] Bad News Is There Is No Good News100

15.A New Broom Sweeps Clean106

[...] to Base110

[...], Mine, Ours116

[...]'t Lose the Plot123

[...] Exit. Curtain.130

[...] Place Where Dreams Go to Die136

[...] Paths Lead to New Orleans141

22.A Cautionary Tale147

23.Damaged Goods154

24.Stunned, Still159

[...]'s Not Dead, It Just Smells Funny165

Part III-Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think171

26.Irreverent and Quirky and Fascinating172

[...] and Pieces183

Summary191

List of Writers, Directors, and Actors Considered195

Chapter Notes197

Bibliography213

Index215