“One of the greatest pictures ever made!” N.Y. Daily News on Sergeant York Since today is Veterans Day I decided to look at a film centered around war to write about and landed on Sergeant York. The 1941 film directed by Howard Hawks received 10 Oscar nominations and won 2 including Best Actor for Gary […]
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Nov
09
2013
 
Don’t Quit Your Day Job (2.0)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaOn this repost Saturday I’m going to actually do a mash-up of two posts I wrote years ago. This was inspired after I visited the first boyhood home of Tennessee Williams in Columbus, Mississippi earlier this week and learned that when he was in his early 20s his shoe salesman father had Tennessee drop out […] “Home is where you hang your childhood, and Mississippi to me is the beauty spot of creation, a dark, wide spacious land that you can breathe in.” Tennessee Williams He was born on March 26, 1911 and named Thomas Lanier Williams III. But he always thought Thomas Lanier sounded like bad poetry so welcomed […] I’m going to Graceland Graceland In Memphis,Tennessee Paul Simon/Graceland “Elvis loved his John Deere [tractor].” Elvis’ Aunt I’m fascinated that people are so fascinated by Elvis. And though touring inside Graceland was never really on my bucket list, I was glad to have the opportunity to tour the famous Memphis home of The King of […] When I was walking in Memphis I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale Marc Cohn/Walking in Memphis Monday night I stopped in Memphis to eat dinner on Beale Street expecting it to be a very light crowd—but the action was in full swing. Turns out the Memphis Grizzlies had just finished […] “Missouri was an unknown new state and needed attractions.” Mark Twain Autobiography “Yes, high and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water.” Mark Twain If one of Ernest Hemingway’s characters in The Green Hills of Africa is correct in that,”All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark […] “Make your hobby pay for your hobby.” Advice I learned this weekend from a 79-year-old antique collector who bought a Harley for $100 and sold it for almost $40,000 I meant to get this post out Saturday but ended up having one of those 17 hour work days so it fell between the cracks. I […] “I have to thank Austin Powers, because whenever that happens I’m just like, ‘Hey, here comes Basil Exposition!’ and I laugh to myself. Sometimes you can’t help it. The studios like things to be super expository because they think you’re all dumb. I try to fight on behalf of the viewer. ‘They can figure out what’s […]
Oct
31
2013
Writing Quote #44 (Wally Shawn)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“What I’m really involved in when I’m writing is something that no one ever mentions when they see any play. Writing is like trying to make gunpowder out of chemicals. You have these words and sentences and the strange meanings and associations that are attached to the words and sentences, and you’re somehow cooking these […]
Oct
30
2013
Postcard #59 (The Black Hawk Hotel)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaAnd I wish we could sit upon a bed in some motel And listen to the stories it could tell John B. Sebastian/Stories We Could Tell When artists, speakers, and musicians come to Cedar Falls they often stay at The Black Hawk Hotel. Over the years Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Family Guy creator Seth […] |
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