
Screenwriting 101


“Michael Cimino’s ‘The Deer Hunter’ is one of the most emotionally shattering films ever made”

“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster”

“If you have a dream, get up off your ass and start putting one foot in front of the other”

John Cassavetes – the Man and His Work

Sydney Pollack’s ‘Three Days of the Condor’ is one of the finest spy thrillers ever filmed

“Altmanesque means never having to say you’re sorry”

“Huston treats the story with a level, unsentimental honesty and makes it into one of his best films”

“There is no American masterpiece more prescient than and still as urgent as NASHVILLE”
