Archive for December, 2009
Dec
04
2009
 
Screenwriting Quote of the Day #117 (Jason Reitman)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaYesterday the National Board of Review named Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air as the best film of the year. The film is getting early buzz for Academy Award consideration. Good news for a film that is just opening today. This is first feature Reitman has directed since the success of Juno. Up in the [...] My favorite shot in Dreams on Spec, a documentary on screenwriting, is where one of the writers trying to breakthrough is eating out with his wife and child. He tries to tell his wife (who works full time and has the insurance for the family) about trying to get actress Terri Hatcher to read his script. [...] As you watch the documentary Dreams on Spec you wonder if writers as a group aren’t just plain delusional. They live in a world where they are creating fictious stories in their head. Stories that are sometimes clear in their minds but that others don’t always see. And there is a fine line between being [...] Last night I watched the documentary Dreams on Spec which is a look at screenwriting from the perspective of those who’ve made it and those who are trying to make it. It’s reminiscent of Comedian which features Jerry Sienfeld’s behind the scene look of those trying to build a career as stand-up comedians. Both should be required [...] |
