Caught this bit over at Cinema Blend, folks, and it is a DOOZY.

Seems that Errol Morris, who won an Oscar for Best Documentary for 2004′s “The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the life of Robert S. McNamara”, just isn’t salesman enough for Harvey Weinstein.  Anyway, back in 1988, Morris released a documentary called The Thin Blue Line, and took his act on the road with an appearance on NPR to help sell the film.

Weinstein, whose Miramax was handling distribution, was not happy with the promotional skills of Morris’ interview, and thus cracked off a letter expressing his distaste.  A few excerpts:

“Heard your NPR interview and you were boring.  You couldn’t have dragged me to see The Thin Blue Line if your life depended on it.”

“It’s time you start being a performer and understand the media.”

There are plenty more great and charming bits–find the full letter here–and laugh at how Harvey Weinstein dropped the ball twenty two years ago.  But that was then, and somehow, I doubt Weinstein would’ve done it if he knew then what he knew now.