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David Mamet Memo
When someone types in all caps, I hear the words as if they were being screamed. Perhaps that was the intent here. From the CBS series The Unit, comes a 2005 memo from David
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Rushmore Criterion Blu-ray
Rushmore is my favorite Wes Anderson film. He’s written three with Owen Wilson to date (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums), and I pray they’ll get together again soon. At its heart, Rushmore is
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Robert Towne on Chinatown
I don’t have a favorite film. I have favorites and Chinatown is one of them. My two cents: it’s about as perfect as a screenplay can get. The structure, theme, and dialogue fires on
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Writing Faster
In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell eloquently articulates the key to success is simply a matter of putting in the hours. 10,000 hours to be specific. That’s 250, 40-hour work weeks, nearly five years of practicing
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John Hughes Interview
A rare interview with John Hughes from 1985. After beginning his career in advertising, Hughes would take a meager-paying writing job with National Lampoon for a nickel per word. At National Lampoon, he wrote
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Shawshank: King vs Darabont
Darabont knew what to leave in, what to leave out, what to add, and what to alter. There are the little things, like Red being Irish, or Andy being a small man who wore
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Andy Hendrickson and the Importance of Story
There’s been a fair amount of commentary floating around the web on Disney Animation’s Chief Technical Officer, Andy Hendrickson, and his two cents on the wonderful world of story. For those of you who
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Always Sunny in Philadelphia Interview
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is one of the better comedies on TV. It’s been called “Seinfeld on crack.” The characters will do virtually anything to get what they desire. Blackmail is never out
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Aaron Sorkin on Writing
Aaron Sorkin stands in the upper echelon of working screenwriters. Charlie Wilson’s War and The Social Network are phenomenal films. The upcoming Moneyball, based on the novel by Michael Lewis, looks fantastic. Sorkin was
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