Screenwriting From Iowa

“If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He’s not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he’s really needed.” Czech politician and playwright Vaclav Havel (1936-2011) Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall so it seemed […]

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Have you ever seen a one-armed man punching at nothing but the breeze? If you’ve ever seen a one-armed man then you’ve seen me The Wrestler/ Bruce Springsteen Breaking all of the rules that would bend I began to find myself searchin’ Searchin’ for shelter again and again Against the Wind/ Bob Seger A little […]

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I want to feel, sunlight on my face See that dust cloud disappear without a trace I want to take shelter from the poison rain Where the Streets Have No Name/U2 Not all people seeing shelter in movies (and life) are in the mist of a world war like in my last new posts on […]

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Oh, a storm is threat’ning My very life today If I don’t get some shelter Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away Gimme Shelter/Rolling Stones Lyrics by Mick Jagger/Keith Richards “I’m attracted to subjects who overcome tremendous suffering and learn to cope emotionally with it.” Unbroken author Laura Hillenbrand “I’ve got so many scars, they’re criss-crossing […]

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“If you don’t think it can get worse, it can—and it will.”  Sgt. Don “Wardaddy” Collier (Brad Pitt) in Fury ’Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud Shelter From The Storm/Bob Dylan “I’m a Veteran. I was in the Navy, in […]

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Someday I’ll wish upon a star Wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where trouble melts like lemon drops Over the Rainbow Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen Performed by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz  Named #1 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs P.S. Long before the classic The Wizard of […]

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I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form “Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm” Lyrics by Bob Dylan On my top shelf of storytellers sits Bob Dylan. His songs written and/or performed over the last 50 year have appeared on movies or Tv shows more than a […]

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Three nights ago 25-year-old San Francisco Giant pitcher Madison Bumgarner helped his team win the World Series by earning a save in the 7th game of the World Series. He also won the World Series Most Valuable Player. Though sports is filled with cliché quotes, Madison’s father Kevin gave a line about his son to […]

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