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What do you attribute that to? Oh, many things. I think it was misunderstood, and there were flaws in it. I'm the first one to say so. There are still flaws in the first two cuts, but I like the film. Those flaws were jumped on, you know. But to say that this movie was about a man's homosexuality - or about his wig - was so trivial and beside the point. I really think that was ugly, and it wasn't done in good faith. This movie needs its dignity restored because it's a special film about a special man, and he shouldn't be forgotten.

Do you plan to have a theatrical release for Alexander Revisited? Eventually. But it would cost too much right now because of all the visual effects. There might be some new technologies coming up that would let us get Alexander Revisited onto film. It would project very well on digital as it stands right now, you understand, but it still wouldn't be film. It could be released digitally, but we'll see.

Your films have done well on DVD, and you've also done a number of special editions. My films have definitely had more lives because of DVD. But don't forget how big videotape was. That was the 1980s, and it helped launch my career because I was able to be financed to make Salvador in 1985 and '86 by the video side of it. The people who put up the money did so because they knew there would be a video sale of some kind. They would never have financed it if it was just going to be a theatrical release.

Have you checked out HD DVD or Blu-ray at all? I've seen them in pristine condition in the labs because that's where we work with them, but I haven't really seen them in the home. But if what you're getting at home is 80% of what I saw in the lab, it's certainly worth it.