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Chicago Movie Writers- David Mamet

January 31, 2016 0 Comment

“Working as a screenwriter, I always thought that ‘Film is a collaborative business’ only constituted half of the actual phrase. From a screenwriter’s point-of-view, the correct rendering should be ‘Film is a collaborative business: bend over.”–David Mamet I had a chance to work with two of David Mamet’s favorite actors, Jack Wallace and J.J Johnston. […]

Most Adapted Writer

January 24, 2016 2 Comments

Who is the most adapted writer of all-time? Give me your top 3 before I tell you… who would it be? Writing this in October 2015, our #1 is, of course, The Bard… IMDB has William Shakespeare for 1,098 adaptations! This includes 379 feature films, and 16 projects in development in 2015-16 based on his […]

My Favorite Fat Guys…

January 12, 2016 0 Comment

This from the guy who wrote Confessions of an Eclair-Eater… From the guy who hasn’t wedged into a size 38 in 15 years… Who walked out on Benjamin Button for Paul Blart, Mall Cop… I like fat guys…they make me laugh. Fat guy humor has been around forever, unlike the YouTube superstars humor of watching […]

Top 101 Screenplays (Part 1)

January 5, 2016 0 Comment

OK, film school is in session… Thanks to Simply Scripts for assembling The Writer’s Guild Top 101 Screenplays of all time. When you think about free screenplay resources, you think Drew’s Script-O-Rama, you think IMSDB. But Simply Scripts offers something in one click I don’t see on either of these. Go to Simply Scripts, hit […]

The Montage

December 20, 2015 0 Comment

“Montage is a technique in film editing in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information. The term has been used in various contexts. It was introduced to cinema primarily by Eisenstein and early Soviet directors used it as a synonym for creative editing. In France […]

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