Archive for the “Screenwriting From Iowa” Category
Aug
06
2011
 
The World Outside of HollywoodPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaThis is the kind of quote you expect to find on a blog titled Screenwriting from Iowa…and Other Unlikely Places: “I think all writers should have a voyeur nature. You have to look and listen. That’s why some writers might run out of material; they’re not looking, they’re not listening. I think the problem is [...]
Aug
04
2011
Screenwriting Quote #162 (Billy Ray)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I’m a dinosaur. The things that I’m trying to achieve are not things that are terribly valued in my business. The window of opportunity for the movies that interest me is literally getting narrower and narrower by the day. If I could be happy making comic book movies, my life would be a lot easier. [...] A Klingon stopped by River Run Productions yesterday. This is not an everyday occurrence in Cedar Falls, Iowa. On Monday, I shipped off a hard drive of footage for the largest client I’ve ever worked for, and Tuesday morning I got a call [...]
Aug
03
2011
Screenwriting Quote #161 (Frank Pierson)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“At each level you reach, you have to tear up what you have done before, which cost an enormous amount of psychological and emotional energy. That makes the process of screenwriting very, very difficult. And I don’t know any screenplay that I have ever worked on where I did not go through ten to twelve [...] If you were wondering why the daily posts last week seemed to come out only late at night, last week was one of those 80 work weeks. I was field producing for a national client with a nondisclosure form and all. (I should check to see if I’m allowed to disclose that I signed a [...] “Ask yourself a most important question before you begin: What is about? I do not mean the plot, the arrangement of events, or eve the characters. I don’t mean who it’s about, but what’s it about. What are you saying in this story? What is your point of view? What is there about this story [...] In the post James L. Brooks on Chayefsky, Brooks is quoted as having great admiration for Chayefsky’s monologues in Network and Hospital. This is what screenwriter and former USC professor Irwin R. Blacker had to say on the topic of speeches in book The Elements of Screenwriting (which was first published in 1986 shortly after his [...]
Jul
30
2011
James L. Brooks on ChayefskyPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaI’ve never watched Network (1976) and Broadcast News (1987) back to back, but that would be an interesting experiment. James L. Brooks, writer/director of Broadcast News, has been open about his admiration of the Oscar-winning writer of Network. “I think Paddy Chayefsky should be in the argument for the greatest American writer. Just his versatility. [...] “What do you think the Devil is going to look like if he’s around? Nobody is going to be taken in if he has a long, red, pointy tail. No. I’m semi-serious here. He will look attractive and he will be nice and helpful and he will get a job where he influences a great [...] Last week I watch the Criterion Collection DVD of Broadcast News that was written and directed by James L. Brooks. Despite the 1987 film being Brooks was nominated seven Oscars and not winning any, I think it is one of the finest films of the 80s. And almost 25 years after it was released, it [...] |
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