a.j. bezzerides) writers shouldn't separate themselves from their reality.hey should bring the reality to what they're doing. how did you get that? (a.j. bezzerides) at that time in the 50s, the nuclear stuff was new and it was kind of frightening what was going on. manhatn projt, los alamos, trinity. (a.j. bezzerides) i was affected strongly by what i readn the pers, what i'd heard on the comments on the radio and television. and these somehow got into the story. i think a story of this kind should have that same feeling because we live in a world, we're not living in a movie. and the movie should reflect the world, the motion pictures should reflect the world in some way. when i saw "kiss me deadly" when i was 12 years old i didn't understand it. i had no idea what was happening in it. it was shocking and very strong, but to this day, the end, i don't quite understand, but it's one of the pivotal films. (a. bezzerides) at the very end, the girl wants it, boy, she wants it, then she flings open the box. she doesn't know. she thinks it's something precious t