So why did Hollywood continually screw up adaptations of [Elmore
Leonard's] work? Maybe because Hollywood understands plot a lot better
than it understands story.
Story is about things that happen, yes, but it's also about character
and tone and mood. It's as much about the wandering as it is about the
arrival. And all who wander, as the saying goes, are not lost. But
studio executives don't like wandering. Wandering freaks them out.
Wandering smells like film and studio executives hate film; they
barely like movies. (They are huge fans of product, though. Huge.)