]Thomas looked down at another abstract painting (composed only of spattered paint drops) on the floor - he offered to buy it, but was refused.The main theme of the colorful film was about the unjust US policy of disallowing US servicemen from fraternizing with Japanese females and taking Japanese brides, when the practice was so commonplace by the mid-1950s.Eagerly, I went there to seek him out.That night changed my life.As I wandered through the Salon, I played a little game with myself.This man had written his first concerto at the age of 4, his first symphony at 7, a full-scale opera at 12.His experiments to recreate human life, and his demands for corpses "were becoming dangerous":Waldman: Herr Frankenstein is greatly changed.