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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“I’ve had to convince the studio that I know this is not a $20,000 Alexa package, but I’ll challenge you to tell the difference once I’m done grading this footage.” Daniel Myrick on shooting a film with a camera smaller than an iPhone You want to know something really scary this Halloween? Writer/Director Daniel Myrick […]
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“Here’s the beautiful thing about theme, it’s the underlying message that kind of unifies the story…”
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“You want to frustrate expectations, but you also want to break clichés in a surprising way. So in Hoosiers instead of benching the good player and putting in the bad player, [the coach] benches the good player and there’s no one to replace him. They play with four players instead of five.” Filmmaker/teacher Jim Mercurio […]
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“Citizen Kane is the film that made me want to become a filmmaker.” Oscar-winning director William Friedkin (The French Connection) “I think the opening image is usually about theme. And the question you might ask is what comes next? Character? Setting? Tone? Genre? Well, I don’t think that’s the right question to ask because there’s no […]
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“The choice between good and evil is really no choice at all.” Robert McKee Back on the first day of summer I wrote a post called the Screenwriting Summer School where among other things I pulled quotes from The Dialogue Series that was on You Tube. Since the full interviews of that series has disappeared online […]
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