“Location scouting for @thebrooklynnk’s directorial debut. A short called Colours. She writes, stars and directs and oh… she’s 8 years old.” —Tweet from writer/director Sean Baker regarding Brooklyn Prince’s first film “Some people glow really early, in their twenties and thirties, then in their fifties they are not doing as much. But I feel that […]
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Jan
24
2019
 
Filmmaker Sean Baker on ‘The true success of The Florida Project’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“It’s like we’re not part of America . . . Name one place where it’s safe to talk without getting clobbered.” Longshoreman in On the Waterfront Writer/director Sean Baker (The Florida Project) spoke a Rollins College yesterday and asked the question, “Can cinema change the world?” He talked about the filmmakers and their films that […]
Jan
24
2019
Filmmaker Sean Baker on ‘The true success of ‘The Florida Project’Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaWriter/director Sean Baker (The Florida Project) spoke a Rollins College yesterday and asked the question, “Can cinema change the world?” He talked about the filmmakers and their work that has inspired him over the years. Movies that set out to shine a light on a specific subject or problem and had an impact on society. […]
Jan
23
2019
MLK, ‘Black Panther,’ & Sanford, Florida 101Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“I wanted to explore what it means to be African.” Writer/director Ryan Coogler (Black Panther) Rolling Stone Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of this blog and I’m committing to blogging for another year —and posting daily. Because I’ve been on the tail end of finishing the book version of this blog it’s made posting in […]
Jan
16
2019
‘I suppose half of the screenplays I’ve written have actually seen production’—William GoldmanPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaStatistically, in my own case, I suppose half of the screenplays I’ve written have actually seen production. And I am being dead honest when I tell you this: I have absolutely no more idea as to why some of them happened than why some of them didn’t. Of course it’s more than possible that my […]
Jan
10
2019
William Goldman and Illuminating TruthPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaAs a writer I believe that all the basic human truths are known. And what we try to do as best we can is come at those truths from our own unique angle, to reilluminate those truths in a hopefully different way.” William Goldman Adventures in the Screen Trade Writing a screenplay is in many ways similar to executing a piece of carpentry. If you take some wood and nails and glue and make a bookcase, only it topples over when you try to stand it upright, you may have created something, but it won’t work as a bookcase.” Screenwriter William Goldman (Misery, The […]
Jan
04
2019
The Dean of American Screenwriters—William Goldman (1931-2018)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“[William Goldman]was the dean of American screenwriters and still is.” Aaron Sorkin (after learning of Goldman dying in November) LA Times Where were you in 1983? Some of you weren’t even born yet. But that’s when William Goldman’s Adventures in the Screen Trade came out. I was in film school in 1983 and had never lived […]
Jan
02
2019
Happy New Year! and a Look at the Iowan Who Helped Changed the WorldPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“Silicon Valley has already won. It’s just that Hollywood hasn’t quite figured it out yet.” Nick Bilton Later this month I’m going to hit my 11th anniversary of writing this blog. A blog that I initially thought I’d do for one year. The first blog post was on January 22, 2008 so I’m hoping by […]
Dec
25
2018
Postcard #167 (Christmas 2018)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaMerry Christmas. (I took this photo last Saturday in downtown Deland, Florida.) Scott W. Smith |
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