For the last two days I’ve been shooting footage at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Here’s a trivia question of the day; what’s the connection to this photo and a Broadway play? Warhorse–nope. Here’s a hint, in line with two Broadway places I’ve mentioned in the last week, Rocky and […]
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Author ArchiveThis is how they roll at lunch time in downtown Minneapolis. Fish & chips, a pint, and lawn bowing at Brit’s Pub. Yesterday I had to pick up some equipment at West Photo and Lights On-Minneapolis for a shoot and that gave me the opportunity to eat at Brit’s Pub, one of my favorite outdoor […] NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim September 11, 2013, as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance. Presidential Proclamation While flying in the United States on any September 11 is probably the safest day to fly, I chose to fly to my next production […]
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The Odd Couple vs. The Odd CouplePosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaToday is history in the making here at Screenwriting from Iowa…and Other Unlikely Places. This is my first post from an airplane. So with thanks to US AIr’s go-go in air internet service, here is the first post coming to you from somewhere in the clouds over Pennsylvania, (I think that’s where I am.) Today’s […]
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2013
Rocky—The Broadway Musical (Really)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Rocky’s this story of the underdog. The person who always wanted something and was never quite able to achieve that.” Theater director Alex Timbers It just so happens that my last post mentioned Sylvester Stallone and his screenplay for Rocky. Then yesterday I saw a full-page ad in the New York Times for the Broadway version […] “My first eight to 10 scripts were pretty horrendous.” Oscar-nominated screenwriter I’ll reveal at the end of the post The University of Miami and the University of Florida football teams play today. It’s an old rivalry that’s not as potent as it used to be, but between the two schools they’ve won eight football national […]
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Filmmaking Quote #37 (Samuel Fuller)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Film is a battleground. Love, hate, violence, action, death…In a word, emotion.” Writer/director Samuel Fuller (1912-1997) Related Post: 40 Days of Emotions Scott W. Smith Tagged: Samuel Fuller
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One Swedes Major Impact on CinemaPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Me sitting down for dinner with Ingmar Bergman felt like a house painter sitting down with Picasso.” Woody Allen Esquire Magazine Woody Allen: What I’ve Learned by Cal Fussman “If you were alive in the 50s and the 60s and of a certain age, a teenager on your way to becoming an adult, and you wanted […]
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Unconscious Writing (Tip #82)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“What people who don’t write don’t understand is that they think you make up the line consciously — but you don’t. It proceeds from your unconscious. So it’s the same surprise to you when it emerges as it is to the audience when the comic says it. I don’t think of the joke and then say […]
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2013
“Network” Notes by Paddy ChayefskyPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I think what I’m trying to say [in Network] is, ‘How do you preserve yourself in a world where life really doesn’t mean much anymore?’ That’s what I was trying to say. The trick is, of course, to say it so that it’s a good movie.” Paddy Chayefsky Interview with Dinah Shore “It’s impossible to […] |
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