Thank you very much for your kind words. It is much appreciated.

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Thank you for the kind words. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Agreed. The source material is almost always better.

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Thank you for your kind word. It's much appreciated. Have a very Happy Holidays and a Great New Year!

Thank you very much!

I saw both versions and still think this version is tops.

In my short film, Nick goes to warn Jon Anderson, not knowing that the two hitmen followed him. They do kill Jon. As to the final fate of Nick, I leave that to each viewer. Thank you for watching, truly.

Hi, my name is Jae Yu and I am the writer/director/producer of this film.

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I love Twin Peaks both the original and the recently new one, and David Lynch is one of my favorite filmmakers. However, for this short film, I was trying to go for the Old School Film Noir vibe. Thank you for your interest.

I shot this way back in 2001 for my film school project, so the cost would be vastly different now adjusted for inflation. Also, the actors and most of the crew worked for free, so keep that in mind. Approximately, it cost me around $8,000.00 (in student loan) to make this, but if I had to pay everyone $100 dollars a day, it would be far more expensive. It took us 3 1/2 days to shoot everything. Thanks for your interest.

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Thank you for watching my student film and taking the time to ask. If you mean Jon Anderson the boxer, yes he was killed by the hitmen. If you mean Nick, I want to leave that ending ambiguous and let the audience decide. There's a great adaptation by Robert Siodmak, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardener that you should watch. Thank you again.

I think Nick joined them because he made no effort to run. @@JaeYu1

You can't outrun your Fate. The Swede knew this and finally, so did Nick. Thank you again for your interest. It means the world to me. @@PhillipCreeper

BTW, I did change the name of Ole to Jon, because I thought "Ole" might sound to alien to my audience. I could be wrong.

Thank you for your interest. I was working on a web comedy series with a friend. We had the script finished and was looking for financing, but then in early 2013 I found out I had Stage-2A Colo-rectal cancer and well that kind of put everything on hold for a long while. I am currently working on some spec scripts but for production-wise, my health after the chemo, radiation therapies and two surgeries doesn't make it likely. Thank you again for your interest.

That's why it's called an "adaptation". You should check out Robert Siodmak's 1946 adaptation and Don Sigel's 1964s and see how much they deviated from the original source material. I chose to exercise my creative freedom to make changes and I stand by them. Thanks for the compliment on the production value, btw, I had a great crew working their hearts out on this short film in very trying circumstances for little to no money with only a 3 1/2 day shooting schedule. Especial kudos to Michael Hamilton the cinematographer.

Btw, if you want a faithful adaptation, check out Andrei Tarkovsky's 1956 student film; it's the closest to word-for-word adaptation you'll probably get. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNWWe7FktbrUhps.html

Hemmingway did not complain that the 1946 version didn't follow his short story verbatim, in fact he famously wrote: “It is a good picture and the only good picture ever made of a story of mine.” So he'd likely not complain about this version, and likely would have liked it as well. The reason being that, like the 1946 version, this version keeps Hemmingway's intent which is that Nick Adams's small town innocent outlook at life is killed by a visit from cold-blooded murderers.

Man, I wish KZfaq could translate this, but Thank You and a Happy New Year to you!

@@JaeYu1 Below is the actual translation. Something for you to keep in mind when you make films. @user-xi1wt6dn7l 5 months ago I have lived every day for many years with the feelings of this man in a white shirt. In other words, this is the way of life at the Second Coming. 2027 The suffering experienced by the manly man Jesus Christ. What So both Jesus Christ were killed when we descended to the earth as children of God