I’m paring down some of my film books, but flipping through them again before I give them away and looking for some less known quotes I can post at the same time. You can file this one under “embrace your limitations.” “Warners insisted I cut the budget [on Deliverance] before they would go ahead with [...]
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Author Archive“If graphic design has a grand master, then Milton Glaser is Michelangelo.” Chip Kidd Talks With Milton Glaser “I started out copying Walt Disney, very early, and then invented comic strips.” Milton Glaser Author of Art is Work and designer of the “I ‘Heart/Love’ New York” logo Tagged: Art is Work, Milton Glaser
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Do You Have To Live In L.A. To Make It As A Screenwriter?Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“You write your first draft with your heart. And you rewrite with your head.” William Forrester (Sean Connery) in Finding Forrester Written by Mike Rick and directed by Gus Van Sant (both who are based in Portland, Oregon) “It helps to live in LA, but it’s not imperative. I was living in Portland, Oregon when [...]
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2012
“Portlandia”—Dream of the 90sPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Portland is a city where young people go to retire.”—Portlandia (TV series created by Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein. Johnathan Krisel) P.S. Still looking for the perfect quote from Portland filmmaker Gus Van Sant to finish out my Oregon focused week, so I’m open to any quotes you have from him—or links to interviews with him. [...] “Portland is a city where young people go to retire.”—Portlandia Scott W. Smith Tagged: Portland, Portlandia “For those of you who have seen Living in Oblivion (the best movie about making a movie), there is a wonderful scene that’s repeated throughout the film of various crew members sniffing the milk container on the craft services table after they’ve poured themselves a cup of coffee. Everyone makes a face, puts it down [...]
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The Sounds of Portland (Room 529)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaIn light of the Friday post on Portland filmmaker Edd Blott, and the University of Oregon football team stepping up to #1 ranking in the AP poll over the weekend (how can you not pull for a team whose mascot is a duck?), I’m feeling in a very Oregon state of mind. So I went over to [...]
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2012
Congrats Edd Blott on Best Director AwardPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaCongrats to Portland filmmaker Edd Blott (and long time reader of this blog) for winning Best Director of the 2012 Oregon Film Awards for his feature A Tale of Delight. The film—which Edd also wrote— will have its world premiere at The Academy Theater in Portland on Dec. 6, 2012. Check out the interviews I [...]
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Paying for Transformation (Tip #65)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Not all film heroes change: James Bond, Ace Ventura, Batman and other action figures are too busy effecting change, by saving the world or making us laugh, to undergo personal transformation. However, in the film stories we turn to time and time again, be it Casablanca, Witness, Moonstruck, Chinatown or In the Line of Fire, [...] Tagged: Lincoln |
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