Screenwriting From Iowa

“I never knew until I came here to Hollywood that somebody could be really nice to you for years and really hate your guts. Happens all the time here.” Jean Seberg Yesterday I not only went to see Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood for a fifth time (a personal record for seeing a […]

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“To me, torture would be watching sports on television.” Quentin Tarantino How in the world can you tie in a college football game in Florida with Quentin Tarantino’s movie Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood? It’s really not that hard because in Tarantino’s world everything is connected. Once upon a time the rivalry between […]

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I’ve been playing the soundtrack to Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood non-stop while driving around the last two weeks. Love that music and the cleaver way that Holly Adams West, Mary Ramos, and Quentin Tarantino not only crafted enjoyable music together, but how they made it extra enjoyable by adding commericals to the […]

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“It’s not your job to create your vision. It’s your job to have a vision.” Terry Gilliam Two of the most unusual moviegoing experience of my life were the works of the same director. The first was when I was in high school and went to see Jabberwocky (not a good first date film) and the second […]

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“When I’m doing a movie, I’m not doing anything else. It’s all about the movie. I don’t have a wife. I don’t have a kid. Nothing can get in my way.” Quentin Tarantino in 2009 GQ article Triumph of His Will It’s offical—Once Upon a Time …. in Hollywood became the first movie I’ve ever […]

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“When I’m doing a movie, I’m not doing anything else. It’s all about the movie. I don’t have a wife. I don’t have a kid. Nothing can get in my way.” Quentin Tarantino in 2009 GQ article Triumph of His Will It’s offical—Once Upon a Time …. in Hollywood became the first movie I’ve ever […]

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“In Jailhouse Rock, he’s everything rockabilly’s about. I mean, he is rockabilly: mean, surly, nasty, rude.” Clarence on Elvis in True Romance Written by Quentin Tarantino Last Friday was the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death and since I’ve been running a string of posts on Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood this seems like a […]

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“So you got that foundation story [in Hollywood Shuffle], but it goes into the whole set piece about Hollywood’s first ‘Black Acting School.’ Then it goes into the whole detective piece, and even the movie they’re actually shooting at the end is like a setpiece in itself. It’s really interesting how every phase of Shuffle opens up […]

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Jacksonville, Florida was once known as “The Harlem of the South” referring to the African-American renaissance going on in Harlem, New York mostly in the 1920s and 30s. A time of intellectual, social, and artistic explosion. That creative expression was also experienced on a smaller level in the LaVilla area in what is now part […]

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So I called up the Captain “Please bring me my wine” He said, “We haven’t had that spirit here since 1969” Hotel California/Eagles Yesterday I went to see Once Upon a Time …. in Hollywood at the Sun-Ray Cinema in Jacksonville, Florida. I drove to this theater two hours from my house because it was […]

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