Archive for November, 2018
Nov
27
2018
 
William Goldman on What Makes a Good Movie (According to Rosalind Russell)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Let me tell you the super story that Cliff Robertson told me a dozen years ago, and I think I’m giving the credit properly. It was a story he had been told by Rosalind Russell. I think he met her during the filming of Picnic. She said, ‘Do you know what makes a good movie?’ And […]
Nov
19
2018
‘I never saw a screenplay until I was 33-years-old’–William GoldmanPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“When I started [my film career] there weren’t film schools. I never saw in my life— not even for a second—I never saw a screenplay until I was 33-years-old. And a lot of kids [today] are finished with their careers when they’re 33, because they’ve been to film school, they got their first movie done […]
Nov
15
2018
The Small Beginnings of ‘Game of Thrones’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaWhen I began [writing Game of Thrones], I didn’t know what the hell I had. I thought it might be a short story; it was just this chapter, where they find these direwolf pups. Then I started exploring these families and the world started coming alive. It was all there in my head, I couldn’t […]
Nov
14
2018
‘Usually a day is all any of them took.’— Stan Lee on How Long it Took To Write His Comics Book StoriesPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I’m a fast writer. Maybe not the best, but the fastest.” Stan Lee RollingStone printed a “Lost” Q&A with Stan Lee and here’s an excerpt that gives you a glimpse of how quickly ideas for the comic books featuring X-Men, Hulk, the Fantastic Four, and Spider-Man. Books in the Marvel universe that became the foundations for […]
Nov
08
2018
‘How did I learn screenwriting?’—Frank Darabont’s AnswerPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“How did I learn screenwriting? Endless hours at the typewriter, then the computer, which came along later. It was really a lot of applied time and effort and self-study. Which is the way most people learn.” Oscar-nominated screenwriter Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) The Best of Creative Screenwriting Interviews And here’s a similar quote from […] If you haven’t seen the documentary Searching for Sugar Man yet check it out on Netflicks this weekend. The 2012 film and won the Oscar and the BAFTA for Best Documentary, and Special Jury Prize and the Audience Award for best international documentary. Among winning many other awards the film’s writer/director/editor Malik Bendjelloul also won Outstanding Directorial […] . . . I’m quite sure that I never thought much about theme before getting roadblocked on [writing] The Stand. I suppose I thought such things were for Better Minds and Bigger Thinkers. I’m not sure I would have gotten to it as soon as I did, had I not been desperate to save my […] |
