How were you first approached about Back to the Future?
Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg and Bob Gale, who produced, directed and wrote the film respectively, asked for a meeting. We went to Amblin Entertainment in Los Angles. They said, “Look, we’ve written this film, and the lead character is this teenager, Marty McFly. His favorite band would be Huey Lewis and the News. Would you like to write a song?” I said, “I’m flattered, but I’ve never written for a film. We’ll send you the next thing we write.” That was “Power of Love.” I didn’t think it would work since there was no love interest in the film, but clearly they used it pretty well.
思い出した。授業では紹介しなかったが(入手困難なので)、ガイド・ブックとしてきわめて有益なのがフランツ・ロッテンシュタイナー著「ファンタジー 幻想文学館」(創林社)。挿絵・図版・写真が豊富なヴィジュアル版。パラパラ眺めているだけでも楽しい。内容もかなり充実している良書です。
— 風間賢二 (@k_kazama) April 14, 2013