Screenwriting From Iowa

“I almost died once…I almost died the first time I saw your mom.” Sam Sheperd’s character Gil talking about Jewell (Jessica Lange) in Country “This movie observes ordinary American lives carefully, and passionately. The family lives on a farm in Iowa. Times are hard, and times are now.” Roger Ebert 1984 film review of the […]

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“We’re on our way out, as a culture. America doesn’t make anything anymore! The Chinese make it! Detroit’s a great example. All of those cities that used to be something. If you go to a truck stop in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, you’ll probably see the face of America. How desperate we are. Really desperate. Just raw.” […]

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