Busted at the Border

Some movie history, and why you shouldn’t buy drugs in Morocco.

M. H. Rubin
The Startup
Published in
8 min readNov 4, 2020

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The 4-perf workprint (1990)

The furnished house I was given in London for the duration of The Sheltering Sky was near Earls Court Road station, a couple tube stops away from the editing rooms in Piccadilly. As Ken and I rolled onto the street for the first time, the taxi passed house after house of adorable brick Victorian row houses with white trim…

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M. H. Rubin
The Startup

Living a creative life, a student of high magic, and hopefully growing wiser as I age. • Ex-Lucasfilm, Netflix, Adobe. • Here are some stories and photos.