High point: Shane Black had a meeting with a young exec at Fox last week who passed on a script but told Shane, “You have a big future in this business.” Shane Black and Brian Helgeland talked noir. Shane smoked an e cigarette, throwing his head all the way back to exhale. Brian is only…
Read moreDON’T DIRECT ON THE PAGE, THERE ARE DIRECTORS FOR THAT
image of Kathryn Bigelow via GQ Even if you avoid commanding the camera (“Pan across Javert’s shattered visage”), you still might be directing in your writing in ways you don’t even notice. Which you shouldn’t do. Kathryn Bigelow has her own ideas. If you’re a filmmaker, scroll right on by. You write your script however you…
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