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John implored River to get out of the movie business before it ate him up. Eventually, River acceded, either because John had convinced him or because he was tired of arguing about it. But he had to fulfill his agreements, he told his father: he had signed contracts to appear in Dark Blood and Interview with the Vampire, and he had promised William Richert that he would be in his version of The Man in the Iron Mask. After he made those three films, he could quit and move down to Costa Rica. “As it turned out,” John said, “That was too many.” When River left Costa Rica, he said, “I’ll see you after this movie, Dad” - a commonplace sentiment that nobody would ever have remembered if things turned out differently. “Well, he did,” John said. “Only he was in a box.

I want to be original, not average.