I won't reprint the note, but it was very kind, apologizing for not being able to take part personally because of previous commitments, but also congratulating the resourcefulness of digging up his own words from 1984. The thrust of the note was to clarify his personal feelings on the movie and that he might poke fun at it from time to time, but it still felt like he was proud of it. He called himself a journeyman director on this one, like his idols of the '30s and '40s, and that he wanted to execute his friend's vision and the end result is the film I love so much. “Temple of Doom showed off my craft just not my passion.”
Whatever the case may be for his personal feelings on the movie, I hope Mr. Spielberg at least has seen a glimpse at the real impact the film has had to many, many people. The Doom fans have come out of the woodward since I started posting these articles. We may be a small group, but damn it we're passionate about our ToD love!