“At a time when Michigan finds itself reeling from the struggles of the industry that dominated our economy for 100 years, Pure Michigan gives America (and the world) a whole new perspective on a state that has so much more to offer than idled factories. It’s not just an ad campaign, it’s a whole new [...]
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May
07
2012
 
Kalamazoo Filmmaker (Part 2)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“We did everything wrong—everything out of order.” Writer/director Cindy Gustafson For the past 100 years of film history every filmmaker knows what it’s like to go down many dead end streets. The frustrating part is those streets never have a warning sign reading “Dead End Street.” The best way to deal with that is to know that [...]
May
04
2012
“Who said art has to cost money?”—CoppolaPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThe following exchange is from the article Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration: Artiston Anderson: How does an aspiring artist bridge the gap between distribution and commerce? Francis Ford Coppola: We have to be very clever about those things. You have to remember that it’s only a few hundred years, if that [...] “I always had a good philosophy about risks. The only risk is to waste your life.” Francis Ford Coppola “Even in the early days of the movies, they didn’t know how to make movies. They had an image and it moved and the audience loved it. You saw a train coming into the station, and [...] (Note: Bumping part two of my interview with Cindy Gusafson to tomorrow for a couple of reasons.) “You know, my movies are important on an economic basis, on an artistic basis. This is a soul-searching, redemptive movie.” Harvey Weinstein on Bully A few weeks ago a friend of mine caught an L.A. preview of the [...]
May
01
2012
Kalamazoo Filmmaker (Part 1)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“You can live in Kalamazoo, Michigan…and make your own movies if you want.” Joseph McBride It’s no accident that I picked that McBride quote on Kalamazoo last week. I had in the hopper an interview I did with writer/director Cindy Gustafson who recently finished shooting her first feature film A Chance of Rain… just happens [...] Here’s someone who’s been banging the drum long before I started this blog: “Living outside of the Los Angeles area is only a problem after you’ve sold your first script and only if you’re selling directly to a Hollywood-based company. And it may not be a problem even then. You can market your script from [...] “Today’s film business is decentralized…You can live in Kalamazoo, Michigan or Ames, Iowa and make your own movies if you want. Many independent filmmakers are scattered throughout the country happily working in a less frantic, less incestuous atmosphere than they would face in Hollywood.” Joseph McBride Writing in Pictures; Screenwriting Make (Mostly) Painless pages 298-299 “To have the president of the United States join us in discussing the issues of our time is a special honor.” University of Iowa President Sally Mason Iowa City, Iowa April 25, 2012 Iowa has been a popular state this week. First Lady Michelle Obama was here on Tuesday and President Obama was here yesterday. [...]
Apr
25
2012
Capturing Your Country & HometownPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaHere’s an exchange found in Creative Screenwriting magazine, Volume 4, #3 (Fall 1997) that should be an encouragement to you wherever you are writing in the world; Geoff Jordan: You’ve written a couple of scripts set in Omaha, Nebraska. Why? Alexander Payne: Because I kind of ‘get” Omaha’s world. If you’re going to make movies in [...] |
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