“The hardest way to tell a story is straight up.” Shane Black and Jeb Stuart on Action Films

Shane Black and Jeb Stuart discuss special effects, screenwriting, and the impact of the 9/11 attacks on the action genre.

By Patricia Burkhart Smith. This article first appeared in Creative Screenwriting volume 9 #2, 2002. As the writers responsible for some of the greatest action films of the 80s and 90s, Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, The Long Kiss Goodnight) and Jeb Stuart (Die Hard, The Fugitive) know their stuff when it comes to the genre. […]