Oscar-winning screenwriting Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) for years has given a talk called Endings:The Good, The Bad, & The Insanely Great. You’d think a talk like would blaze a trail through the internet, but I’ve yet to see an audio or video link. So we’re at the mercy of others who’ve heard the talk somewhere [...]
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Author Archive“I saw and approached the hungry and desperate mother, as if drawn by a magnet. I do not remember how I explained my presence or my camera to her, but I do remember she asked me no questions. I made five exposures, working closer and closer from the same direction. I did not ask her [...]
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Filmmaking Quote #33 (Ken Burns)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I think filmmaking is obstacles. In fact, every film is a set of millions, literally—no egageration—millions of problems. But I use the word problems not so much pejoratively as if it’s just resistances, friction that you have to overcome. I’m fifty-six right now and have been making films for over 30 years—I don’t look fifty-six— you [...] “The real genuine stories are one and one equalling three.” Ken Burns My entrance into the world of Ken Burns was his film The Civil War which first aired back in 1990. Though that was 22-years ago, and in a world before You Tube, Facebook, and smart phones, there were plenty of distractions in modern Amercia [...] 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 [...] “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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