Birth of an Obsession: The Lost City of Z
James Gray on personalising the material, why writing is like cooking, and the challenges of writing period pieces.
James Grey on personalising the material, why writing is like cooking, and the challenges of writing period pieces.
Wilson: A Walking Id
Daniel Clowes on writing a gag in five minutes, adapting comics into screenplays, and catching Scarlett Johansson in a bad mood.
Daniel Clowes on writing a gag in five minutes, adapting comics into screenplays, and catching Scarlett Johansson in a bad mood.
Seven Decades of Cinematic Storytelling: Roger Corman on Screenwriting
Roger Corman on what he looks for in a script, telling stories for teenagers, and how to plan a low budget shoot.
In the early 1950s, Roger Corman began his creative career in the film industry as a story reader for 20th Century Fox, but left in order to create his own independent studio with its own distribution. Within only a few years he became the undisputed king of the low-budget movie. In his seven-decade career he […]
“Every movie is its own beast.” Max Borenstein on Kong: Skull Island
Max Borenstein on bringing giant-scale movies down to earth, how great actors elevate a screenplay, and making the audience care about your monsters.
Max Borenstein on bringing giant-scale movies down to earth, how great actors elevate a screenplay, and making the audience care about your monsters.
Myth vs. Man: James Mangold and Scott Frank on Logan
Writing an intimate superhero film, the summer blockbuster arms race, writing for children, and dialogue as a delivery system of lies.
Writing an intimate superhero film, the summer blockbuster arms race, writing for children, and dialogue as a delivery system of lies.
