” ‘Look, Highland cattle!’ This was a quote from a particularly amateurish travelogue in which a character pointed off-screen, said this line, and the film cut to guess what? “—Making the case against bad dialogue. 
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Author Archive“One of the tasks of the director is almost to forget what the characters are saying and reimagine their behavior as being mute…” Today I’ll start a series of posts on Alexander Mackendrick. He directed Sweet Smell of Success and received an Oscar nomination as one of the writers of The Man in the White Suit. Frustrated with the Hollywood studio system he turned to teaching at CalArts, where he was Dean of its School of Film from 1969 […]
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Off-Screen Quote #27 (Philip Seymour Hoffman)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“[Death of a Salesman] really seeps into why we’re here. What are we doing, family, work, friends, hopes, dreams, careers, what’s happiness, what’s success, what does it mean, is it important, how do you get it? It really does seep into all those areas. “ Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) 2012 NPR interview about his […]
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2014
Traumas, Survival, Oscars & the Super BowlPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“The art of survival is a story that never ends. “—American Hustle
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2014
David O. Russell on Characters & ThemePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I always look for amazing characters who I find are fascinating, charming, flawed, romantic and in trouble”—Screenwriter David O. Russell (American Hustle) “I always look for amazing characters who I find are fascinating, charming, flawed, romantic and in trouble”—Screenwriter David O. Russell (American Hustle)
Jan
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2014
Filmmaking Quote #39 (Howard Hawks)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“My recipe for making movies has always been…”—Howard Hawks
Jan
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2014
The Beverly Hills—Ozarks ConnectionPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaYou can’t beat the story about a man name Jed, a poor mountaineer who barely kept his family fed—yet by a strange twist of fate ends up a millionaire living in Beverly Hills. The creator of The Beverly Hillbillies, Paul Henning, was actually a trained lawyer and an Oscar-nominated screenwriter.
Jan
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2014
Difficult + Changing Times = WhiplashPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“It’s a difficult time in the [film] industry at the moment. There’s a lot of changing over that’s happening, and there are a lot of very bright young people who want to get into it.” Director John Schlesinger in 1969 Same year Midnight Cowboy was released for which Schlesinger won an Oscar for Best Director Quote from […] |
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