Flipboard Culture Desk<p>"The Annihilation of Fish," a romantic comedy starring the late James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave, was shot in 1999 but never distributed, thanks to a negative review from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Variety" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Variety</span></a></span>, followed by the bankruptcy of the producer. Now, a newly restored version has been released in select U.S. theaters. Variety's J. Kim Murphy (not the original reviewer) spoke to director Charles Burnett about how he feels about the movie's tortuous path to the big screen, working with Redgrave, Jones and Margot Kidder, and what he's learned about making films.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/gn2WSr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/gn2WSr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Movies</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cinema</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/JamesEarlJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesEarlJones</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/LynnRedgrave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LynnRedgrave</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MargotKidder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MargotKidder</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CharlesBurnett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesBurnett</span></a></p>