Archive for September, 2014
Sep
30
2014
 
From Wyoming to Sunset Blvd.Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Here I am, a cowboy author in a town of 25 [Ucross] in northern Wyoming. And all of sudden, my character is on Sunset Boulevard 20 stories high. It’s a little odd.” Writer Craig Johnson Author of the Walt Longmire mystery series LA Times interview by Liesl Bradner “ I’m of the belief that everybody has a […] “In terms of its wide-open, rural Wyoming setting and characters, Longmire marks a rare and welcome departure from the tired New York, DC, and LA locales where far too many such series are both set and filmed. It’s a big country out there with interesting people in it. It’s nice to see their lives portrayed once […] Turn out the lights, the party’s over They say that all good things must end… The Party’s Over/Willie Nelson Over the weekend Disney World closed its Studio Backlot Tour. It was a tram ride through the backlot and into a studio where tourists could be given a glimpse into the world of filmmaking—and if they […]
Sep
26
2014
Filmmaking Quote #41 (John Singleton)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Don’t go through the system. Do it yourself. Do something you believe in.” Oscar-nominated writer/director John Singleton (Boyz in the Hood) 2013 Filmmaker Magazine article by Allan Tong Some of you weren’t even born in 1991 when John Singleton’s Boyz in the Hood hit the theaters. It’s a different kind of coming of age story than […] “Whenever I despair I think, OK, somebody out there somewhere, while we’re sitting right here, somebody out there somewhere is making something cool that we’re going to love, and that keeps me going. “ Steve Soderbergh on April 27,2013 Conclusion to his State of Cinema talk San Francisco International Film Festival For the last month I’ve tried to […] “We now live in a time of endless possibility. More has been learned about the treatment of the human body in the last five years than was learned in the previous five hundred.” Dr. John W. Thackery (Clive Owen) of the year 1900 The Knick, The Eulogy from episode 1 “I think it’s not so […]
Sep
22
2014
Professor/Pirate Steven SoderberghPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I’m not saying I’m like, ALLOWED to do this.”—Steven Soderbergh
Sep
22
2014
‘The greatest film ever made.’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“To me it’s the greatest film ever made, because it synthesizes everything that was found in the past, and it points the way to the future.” This has been a good week for hip-hop artist Lecrae as his new album Anomaly sits at number 1 on the Billboard album charts, and Thursday night he was on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon performing with the band The Roots. And on Monday, Lecrae was featured in the Washington Times. While less known than […] “I don’t think there was any anticipation that Schindler’s List would become a big film, which is why they would entrust it to me. I remember quite vividly reading it for the first time, getting about two-thirds of the way through it, and praying there would be a decent third act. The thing I grabbed […] |
