RECENTLY TURNED OFF FOUL PLAY

scott alwood...since you are very knowledgeable about Chevy Chase, and his early films, I have a few questions about "Modern Problems". Perhaps you can help me.

First of all, do you know were "Modern Problems" was filmed? The IMDB does not mention the "filming locations." I seem to recall seeing a blurry Canadian flag in the backround of an early scene (I think it was the scene where Max has his bicycle, and is walking with Lorraine). Many American cities do fly the Canadian flag (especially if they are "tourist towns") but I have a suspicion this movie might have been filmed in Canada. Secondly, in the "Modern Problems" trailer posted on "You-Tube", there is a scene where Max actually holds the department store mannequin in his arms. I only remember him kissing the window (in front of the mannequin) during the night, in the final version. Was there a deleted scene where he went into the store during the daytime, and caressed the mannequin? Finally, why didn't Ken Shapiro direct any more films other than this one, and the "The Groove Tube?" Was it because "The Groove Tube" was controversial, and he received a lot of censorship problems over it, and "Modern Problems" was a box-office bomb?

Thanks!

Cheers!

I guess I'm the odd man out, but I loved Foul Play. One of my favorites. Great lines in that film, and Dudley Moore is hysterical.

Funny you should say Foul Play was his more mainstream role, because the drug use by the main characters always throws me off. You don't see that much in movies these days, drugs being treated as a casual thing that average people use, even pot. Poltergeist was kind of the same, with your average square suburban parents smoking pot in bed while their kids are home.