Screenwriting From Iowa

A few years ago I read that in this world that there are over 200 civil wars going on at any one time. We don’t hear about most of them because it would be sensory overload. But when things reach a certain level then the press or the government makes Americans aware of what’s going [...]

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“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”
                                    Blanche DuBois’ character in A Streetcar Named Desire
                                    written by Tennessee Williams (Univ. of [...]

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Today is a holiday so to give me a break from blogging I’ll  put up some photos I took last week in New York. While the full list of films and TV shows shot in New York City would be quite long, my guess is the exterior of this restaurant is the most recognizable. 

Though I [...]

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The amount I walked around New York in the past week would be best measured not by miles but hours. I took this shot Saturday from a street vender by the Apple store where midtown meets the upper east side. Looks like Juno is alive and in good company.
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Yesterday I mentioned that the movie On the Waterfront was based on a series of articles by Malcolm Johnson that were published in 1948.
But before Brando could mumbled those famous words, “I coulda been somebody,” and before the eight Oscar awards the film won, and before the script by Budd Schilberg, and even before the [...]

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This week I spent four days in New York City shooting a video in a location that overlooked the Hudson River into Hoboken, New Jersey. I knew that was where Frank Sinatra was from but I didn’t realize until today that that is On the Waterfront territory.
The 1954 film that AFI listed as the #8 American film of [...]

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Often times there is a lot of talk about “life affirming” films. Films that raise up the spirit of the audience. A film like It’s a Wonderful Life is life affirming. But since I’m still in a New York state of mind I thought I relay that that is not the goal of at least [...]

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“The Soul of a City – HER GLORY STRIPPED! HER PASSIONS BARED! “
1948 ad for the movie Naked City

I woke up this morning in New York City thinking of the famous line, “There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them.”I knew it was from the movie Naked [...]

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Fresh off my trip to Yankee Stadium I thought I’d see if there was a movie quote by the former Yankee player Yoga Berra who is known for his memorable quotes. Sure enough I found one from him:
“Steve McQueen looks good in this movie. He must have made it before he died.”
Yoga Berra
I wonder if [...]

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