Screenwriting From Iowa

Unless earlier this month I hadn’t been to the Rio Pinar Golf Club since Jimmy Carter was in The White House. But on my way to a video shoot two weeks ago I drove by the classic midcentury modern building and took this photo. (All it needs is Rick Dalton’s ‘60s Coupe de Ville in from […]

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“We used to have a something called a ‘Downton argument,’ and with a Downton argument one of [the characters] voiced their opinion and the audience had to think that’s right. And then the other one said their opinion and audience thought wait a minute, that’s right. And you wanted [the audience] torn with both sides and every […]

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“Oh man, this is screwing with my whole reputation.” Craig Mazin on being an Emmy-winner On Sunday, screenwriter Craig Mazin ruined his I’m not into awards-reputation by winning an Emmy for creating the HBO/Sky production Chernobyl . (Hear his acceptance speech for winning Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special here.). […]

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Note: Over the weekend, I did see Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood for the eighth time (a personal record for seeing any film in theaters) but after writing two months of posts about it I’ll take a break—until the DVD release. Over the weekend Downton Abbey ended up number one in the U. […]

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“I didn’t go to film school—I went to films.” Quentin Tarantino Note: I’ll start The Unofficial Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood Film School with a list of 10, and then add and update this post from time to time. There will be spoilers. It’s unusual for me to write much about movies while […]

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Tomorrow I’ll try to get my post on The Unofficial Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood film school published.  Concepts based on Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film that I’ve now seen seven times in theaters. But today, I found this nugget from Tarantino from a “lost” interview he did with Jeff Goldsmith back in 2009. […]

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“Convincingly creepy while also slightly thought-provoking, it warns about deceiving facades, because what hides underneath masks is possibly much worse.” Carlos Aguilar review of HAUNT Los Angeles Times  Filmmakers Scott Beck & Bryan Woods were working on the screenplay for their new movie Haunt at the same time they were working on the script for A Quiet […]

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The Van Nuys Drive-In Theatre opened in 1948 and was demolished in the 1990s—but it found a new life in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood. It’s where Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) lives in a Airstream trailer and his pit bull. Actress Jane Russell began working in theater at Van Nuys High […]

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“I saw the beginning of the sixties as a real transition in the culture, because of the Vietnam war and the things we were going through, and I wanted to make a movie about it.” Director George Lucas on American Graffiti “I wasn’t thinking about [American Graffiti] when I was writing [Once Upon a Time […]

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Yesterday I went to see Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood for the sixth time. That’s more than twice the number of times I’ve ever seen any movie while it’s still in theaters. But I must put an asterisk by it. In July I signed up for the new Regal Unlimited Movie Pass Subscription […]

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