Your letter to Brian mentions Bertolucci: When I was working in Boudha in ’92 Bertolucci’s people put out a notice asking for extras for „The Little Buddha.“ The notice asked „especially for 20-somethings with piercings.“ We gave our students 3 days off to work with the crew and we managed to get Mr. Bertolucci to have lunch with us at the Vajra Hotel. My job as „Director of Health and Well Being“ in the weeks to follow was to attend to complications arising from students havingacquired less-than-sanitary piercing work in the tourist area of Kathmandu. This was not in the job description.
(Steve Tibbetts, email)