Impossible. Pick a single great scene from this movie? No way. I found the script here. The Writer’s Guild Top 101 Screenplays poll has Dr. Strangelove landing at #12 all time. To put that in perspective, in the history of movies only Annie Hall and Some Like It Hot rate above it for comedies. It’s […]
Last post…MAY 19?! Good reader, I humbly apologize for the long absence. While I love the world of screenwriting, sometimes the best writing advice is a complete cleansing, just drop it and split–and the last two months of traveling 10,000+ miles from Pattaya, Thailand to Rio DJ, the shrimp and caipirinhas on Ipanema beach, qualifies. […]
You don’t have to be writing a Western to learn something from Westerns. For instance, the Final Duel. Don’t know if most Westerns have one but many do, and many of those are classic movie showdowns. I found You Tube clips for four of these classics and I thought it would be instructive for you […]
Yes kids, today we’ll set the land speed record for fastest click-away when I tell you that this post is about G-R-A-M-M-A-R! Mmhmm, big taste of castor oil and out of here everyone goes. Ciiiiiiiao! OK, anyone left? There’s good news for those of you remaining– you’re the ones who are going to succeed. This […]
Billy Wilder said grab the audience by the throat and never let go. That’s why Point Of Entry is so important. That’s why page 1 of your script is so important. Never mind that you might be in the hands of a tired and bored reader who is looking at the clock thinking about beating […]
