Producer/director Ron Howard uses a checklist to evaluate scripts he wants to develop which includes rating them according genre fulfilment, strength of characters, emotional reaction, thematic relevance, structure (he prefers thinking in terms of sequencing), and suspense. “I do believe all pieces need to be suspense pieces in a way. It’s that question of, ‘Is […]
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“Very often something that I’m going to want to know before I begin [writing a story] is what it’s about. And I’m probably not really going to find that out until it’s over. Until I sit there and re-read it. And I go what was this about? But I need to have some kind of […]
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“A big theme for me is people in spiritual crisis. I keep coming back to this, every movie that I tend to be drawn to, that I want to spend years on, is about somebody going through a spiritual crisis. And this person—this man or this woman—is trying to make sense of their life because […]
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Unless earlier this month I hadn’t been to the Rio Pinar Golf Club since Jimmy Carter was in The White House. But on my way to a video shoot two weeks ago I drove by the classic midcentury modern building and took this photo. (All it needs is Rick Dalton’s ‘60s Coupe de Ville in from […]
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“We used to have a something called a ‘Downton argument,’ and with a Downton argument one of [the characters] voiced their opinion and the audience had to think that’s right. And then the other one said their opinion and audience thought wait a minute, that’s right. And you wanted [the audience] torn with both sides and every […]
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“Oh man, this is screwing with my whole reputation.” Craig Mazin on being an Emmy-winner On Sunday, screenwriter Craig Mazin ruined his I’m not into awards-reputation by winning an Emmy for creating the HBO/Sky production Chernobyl . (Hear his acceptance speech for winning Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special here.). […]
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Note: Over the weekend, I did see Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood for the eighth time (a personal record for seeing any film in theaters) but after writing two months of posts about it I’ll take a break—until the DVD release. Over the weekend Downton Abbey ended up number one in the U. […]
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“I didn’t go to film school—I went to films.” Quentin Tarantino Note: I’ll start The Unofficial Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood Film School with a list of 10, and then add and update this post from time to time. There will be spoilers. It’s unusual for me to write much about movies while […]
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Tomorrow I’ll try to get my post on The Unofficial Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood film school published. Concepts based on Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film that I’ve now seen seven times in theaters. But today, I found this nugget from Tarantino from a “lost” interview he did with Jeff Goldsmith back in 2009. […]
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“Convincingly creepy while also slightly thought-provoking, it warns about deceiving facades, because what hides underneath masks is possibly much worse.” Carlos Aguilar review of HAUNT Los Angeles Times Filmmakers Scott Beck & Bryan Woods were working on the screenplay for their new movie Haunt at the same time they were working on the script for A Quiet […]
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