Before his life was tragically cut short in 1920 at the age of 35, Amedeo Modigliani left an impression on every person he met. Take fellow artist Jacques Lipchitz, whom the possessed Italian Jew liked to visit at 3 a.m.
With the relentlessness of a Terminator pursuing its victim, the fan hounded Jonathan Mostow at a convention. \”You aren\’t the original director of the \’Terminator\’ movies,\” he said. \”Are you going to ruin [the franchise]?\”\n\nIt\’s a question observers have posed, albeit more politely, since Mostow stepped into the oversized shoes vacated by franchise creator James Cameron two years ago.
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