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

Acknowledgments¿vi

The Consolation of a Preface¿1

A Note About the Text¿5

Part I-Ken and Thelma and Ignatius¿7

1.¿A Posthumous Life¿8

2.¿Knocking on Thelma's Door¿17

3.¿Queen Mother Is Angry¿23

Part II-The Film That Never Was¿29

4.¿The Story of Scott's Life aka Patient Zerö30

5.¿Probably, Maybe Definitely¿36

6.¿Slices of Doom¿41

7.¿The Two Texans¿49

8.¿Manufacturing Dissent¿57

9.¿A Fan Gets Involved¿65

10.¿Can You Pass the Rorschach Test?¿74

11.¿John Candy Can Only Have Half an Olive¿79

12.¿Doctors Differ, Patients Die¿86

13.¿Fare Thee Well¿93

14.¿The Bad News Is There Is No Good News¿100

15.¿A New Broom Sweeps Clean¿106

16.¿Back to Base¿110

17.¿Yours, Mine, Ours¿116

18.¿Don't Lose the Plot¿123

19.¿Grand Exit. Curtain.¿130

20.¿The Place Where Dreams Go to Die¿136

21.¿Many Paths Lead to New Orleans¿141

22.¿A Cautionary Tale¿147

23.¿Damaged Goods¿154

24.¿Stunned, Still¿159

25.¿It's Not Dead, It Just Smells Funny¿165

Part III-Certainly the End of Something or Other, One Would Sort of Have to Think¿171

26.¿Irreverent and Quirky and Fascinating¿172

27.¿Bits and Pieces¿183

Summary¿191

List of Writers, Directors, and Actors Considered¿195

Chapter Notes¿197

Bibliography¿213

Index¿215