I lived through Twin Peaks the first time and trusted David Lynch to the soles of my shoes, but honestly, and this is important, since they never planned to succeed, they ended up with a sort of Lost-y mess. The show subverted your ideas about what things are supposed to mean, but when you know…
Read moreannerocious: heywriters: california-grown: vampire-crimson: lizmaryr: pyreo: bemusedlybespectacled: fucking christ I am sobbing “If the men find out we can shapeshift, they’re going to tell the church!“ i didnt learn anything about contouring but that’s okay Do yourself a favour and watch this. I am sobbing with laughter at one a clock in the morning, i…
Read moreFilm writing and directing cannot be taught, only learned, and each man or woman has to learn it through his or her own system of self-education. Alexander Mackendrick (in ‘On Film-making’)
Read moretheshitpostcalligrapher: classic.
Read more‘Annihilation’: What the Critics Are Saying
‘Annihilation’: What the Critics Are Saying they are polysyllabically spewing their goo all over themselves, is what they are doing.
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The most emotionally engaging antagonists are just protagonists who try to make things right THE WRONG WAY.
Read moremyjetpack: My cartoon for yesterday’s Guardian Review p.s. my book #BakingWithKafka is out now: goo.gl/qKMNdF
Read moreheywriters: infiniteregress17: scriptscribbles: “The what?” Thank you, Class, for educating me! *immediately begins to apply the Bechdel test to everything I write.* There’s a link above, but basically to pass the Bechdel test a work of fiction must include at least two (named) women who talk to each other about something other than a man (some versions…
Read morewriterofscreen: Suspense, Horror and Mystery Genre Differences Infographic
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