Screenwriting

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

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster, said Ray Liotta, and the rest…

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

Frank Darabont talks about his childhood as a refugee and immigrant; his youthful attraction to horror and fantasy; and the…

10 years ago

The impact of Martin Scorsese’s ‘Mean Streets’

Celebrated as one of the most original American films of all time, Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets holds a firm place…

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Roman Polanski’s ‘Tess’ is a work of great pastoral beauty as well as vivid storytelling

Roman Polanski's arguably only romance film, Tess, is one his critically best accepted works, and the performance of 18-year-old Nastassja…

10 years ago

John Cassavetes – the Man and His Work

In 1983, during the production of John Cassavetes’s Love Streams, journalist Michael Ventura was hired by Cannon Films executive Menahem…

10 years ago

All bow to the Queen!

One of our all-time favorite World War I films is, without doubt, John Huston's 1951 The African Queen. The gripping…

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

  By Sven Mikulec The neo-noir boxing drama that finally reinstated John Huston on the road of financial success after…

10 years ago

A Hitchcock thriller that never was: The Short Night

Near the end of his life, Alfred Hitchcock had worked on the script for a projected spy thriller, The Short…

10 years ago

‘Dreams’: A Selection of Film Episodes Designed to be Viewed in One Sitting By Akira Kurosawa

Here's another document of exceptional historical value: Akira Kurosawa’s screenplay for Dreams [pdf]. (NOTE: As always; for educational purposes only).…

10 years ago

“Yes, it’s a crop duster. We can plant some crops nearby”

The Cinematographer’s camera angles for the crop dusting sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. All 61 bullet points (above)…

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