Posted in screenwriting, screenwriting tips, tagged Agriprocessors, B&H Camera, Brooklyn, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, David Lynch, Dirty Harry, E.T., entertainment, filmmaking, German, Gone With the Wind, Hasidic Jews, Iowa, Jurassic Park, Mexicans, movies, Norwegian, On the Waterfront, Postville, Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America, screenwriting, Star Wars, Stephen Bloom, The Godfather, The Wizard of Oz, Titanic, Univision, writing on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
“When I used to look out at the world, all I could see was its edges, its boundaries, its rules and controls, its leaders and laws. But now, I see another world. A different world where all things are possible. A world of hope. Of peace.”
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Posted in Screenwriters, screenwriting, tagged Cedar Falls, Cornell College, Detroit Tigers, Diablo Cody, entertainment, Fatal Attraction, Iowa, Iowa Writers' Workshop, Julia Roberts, Juno, Malmarie Press, movies, Nancy Price, Nancy Price Books, New York Times, Pretty Women, Samuel Goldwyn, screenwriting, screenwriting from iowa, Sleeping with the Enemy, University of Northern Iowa, Waterloo Public Library on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
“Looking back, I can’t believe that I—a housewife in Cedar Falls, Iowa–saw my poems and short stories appear in magazines, newspapers and books.”
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Posted in screenwriting, tagged 911, Arkansas, Box Office Mojo, Cloverfield, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, entertainment, film, Hurricane Katrina, Indiana Jones, Iowa, J.J. Abrams, Jack Green, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Jurassic Park, Kathleen Kennedy, Keay Davidson, Louisiana, midwest, Mississippi, Missouri, movies, Myanmar, Oklahoma, Schindler’s List, screenwriting, screenwriting from iowa, Seabiscuit, Steven Spielberg, Tennessee, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Tsunami, Twister on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Auntie Em: “Why don’t you find a place where there isn’t any trouble?”
Dorothy: “A place where there isn’t any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a place Toto? There must be.”
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Posted in screenwriting, tagged 300, 35mm, Academy Awards, Airstream trailer, Aleksandr Sokurov, Ampex video tape recording machine, Apocolypse Now, Born into Brothels, Canne, Caroline Kaplan, Charlie Chaplin, Cher, CNN, Comedian, Courteney Cox, Daily Variety, Dancer in the Dark, Darren Star, Derek Elly, Digital Video, Dogme 95, DV, DVX 100, entertainment, Entertainment Weekly, Film is Dead, Films, Final Cut Pro, Francis Ford Coppola, Full Frontal, Gary Winick, Grizzly Man, he GodfatheMoses, he Sonny and Cher Show, Hitchcock, Holga camera, Hollywood, Indie Wire, InDigEnt, Inland Empire, Iowa, iTunes, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Dean, John Sloss, Jonathan Sehring, Lars von Trier, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Lonely Girl 15, Mask, Matthew Ross, Moonstruck, Morgan Spurloc, movies, Murderball, Nancy Schreiber, Napa Valley, One from the Heart, Oscars, Panasonic DVX 100 DV, Panasonics HVX 200, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Hedges, Pieces of Apri, PixelVision, Polaroid camera, Robert Altman, Rodger Ebert, Roger Corman, Russ Alsobrook, Russian Ark, San Francisco, SC cinematographer, screenwriting from iowa, Sex in the City, Sigourney Weaver, Silkwood, Sin City, Sony PD-150, Sony VX1000, Spike Lee, Sundance Film Festival, Super Size Me, Tadpole, Ted Turne, The Buena Vista Social Club, The Idio, The Last Farm, The Outsiders, theater, Trainspotting, Tucker: The Man and His Dreams, Variety, We Need Girlfriends, Welcome Back to the Five and Dime, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Wim Wenders on May 3, 2008 | No Comments »
“The future of cinema lies in the power of the pixel. The injection of fresh ideas and methodologies will only serve to mix up the metaphorical gene pool and empower a new generation of filmmakers.“
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Posted in screenwriting, tagged 1939 Movies, Arrowsmith, Aryan Kaganof, Barbara Seghezzi, cell phone movies, cell phone video, Charlie Chaplin, Citizen Kane, Digital cinema, Digital Video, DV, entertainment, film, Florida Film Festival, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Zappa, Fred Ott’s Sneeze., he Bellboy, Hitchcock, Hollywood, Hoop Dreams, Jean Cocteau, Jerry Lewis, Johannesburg, John Ford, Judson Laipply, Marcelo Mencarini, movies, New Love Meetings, non-linear editing, Norma Desmond, Old Hollywood Directors, Old Hollywood screenwriters, Orson Welles, Psycho, Roger Corman, screenwriting, Sketches of Frank Gehry, Stagecoach, Sunset Blvd., The Blair Witch Project, The Evolution of Dance, The Godfather, The Outsiders, Touch of Evil on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
“I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.”
Norma [...]
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Posted in Screenwriters, screenwriting, tagged American Film Institute., Babette's Feast, Blazing Saddles, Blue Velvet, Bur Hur, Crimes and Misdemeanors, David Lynch in Iowa, David Lynch Weekend, Diablo Cody, Dreams, DV films, entertainment, Exploring the Frontiers of Creativity, Fairfield, Films, Focal Press, Godfrey Reggi, Gregorian chants, Hanry David Thoreau, Iowa, Iowa City, Island Empire, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jesus, John Calvin, John Merrick, Juno, Koyaanisqatsi, Lars von Trier, Lost Highway, Mel Brooks, Mullholland Drive, Neo, peace, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Farnsworth, screenwriter, screenwriting, St. Francis of Assisi, Star Wars, Straight Story, Tender Mercies, The Elephant Man, The Five Obstructions, The Matrix, The Maxtrix, The Qatsi Triliogy, The Seventh Seal, The Shawshank Redemption, Thomas Edison, Twin Peaks, Utopia, Videography Magazine, Walden, Wild at Heart, You Tube on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream, Neo? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world? “
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Posted in screenwriting, tagged Adam Sandler, American Gothic, Anthony Zuiker, Ashton Kutcher, Braveheart, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Creativity Magazine, Crispin Porter, CSI, CSI:Miami, Demi Moore, Des Moines, directing, Drake., Elijah Wood, Elvis, Eric Rouse, Erin Brockovich, Faulkner, filmmaking, General Mills, Georgia, Grant Wood, Horton Foote, Ibsen, Iowa, Julia Roberts, Juno, Katie Holmes, Maine, Martin Agency, Masters at Augusta National, Michele Emerson, Michele Monaghan, Minneaplois, Monterey, Nebraska, Norway, O’Connor, Ohio, Orlando, Oscars, Oxford, Randell Wallace, regionalism, Richmond, Rocky, Scott W. Smith, screenwriting, Seabiscuit, Smyrna, St. Louis Rams, Steinbeck, Super Bowl XXXIV MVP., teaching theater, Tender Mercies, Texas, The Geek Squad, Tiger Woods, Toledo, Tom Arnold, tulsa, University of Northern Iowa, Van Gogh, Virgina, VW, Willa Cather, Winslow Homer, writing, Zack Johnson on April 13, 2008 | No Comments »
“If you follow your passion, the money will follow. Success, in my opinion, involves sheer luck, hard work and humility.”
Anthony Zuiker, creator CSI TV programs
“I’m Zack Johnson [...]
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Posted in screenwriting, tagged Against the Wind, Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syr, Bob Seger, Dan Gable, Darren Aronfsky, Dusty Rhodes, entertainment, Floyd Meyweather, Frank Gotch, George "The Russian Lion" Hackenschmidt, Hollywood, Iowa, Iowa Governor Chet Culver, John Irving, Marisa Tomei, Mickey Rourke, movies, NASCAR, Orlando Citrus Bowl, Orlando Sentinel, professional wrestling, Robert Thompson, Scott W. Smith, screenwriting, Seabiscuit, Shakespeare, Snoop Dogg, Spider-Man, Teddy Roosevelt, University of Iowa Wrestling Day, Vince McMahon, Waterloo Courier, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), WrestleMania XXIV, writing on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
“There’s nothing like it in American show biz. It’s part comedy and part burlesque. It’s raw drama. It’s not Crime and Punishment. And it doesn’t pretend to be Masterpiece Theater.” Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University on professional wrestling
This past week was a big week in wrestling. You [...]
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Posted in Most Viewed Posts, Screenwriting Biz, screenwriting, tagged Alec Badwin, Blake Snyder, Bruckheimer Films, Carnegie Mellon, David Mamet, Des Moines, Diablo Cody, entertainment, Glengarry Glen Ross, Good in a room, Hollywood, Iowa Save the Cat, Juno, LA, Legally Blonde, MGM, movies, Pittsburgh, Scott W. Smith, screenwriting, screenwriting from iowa, STEPHANIE PALMER on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
“Let’s talk about something important…coffee’s for closers only.” [...]
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Posted in screenwriting, tagged Adventures in the Screen Trade, Akeelah and the Bee, April Fools, Arthur Miller, Basic Instinct, Curt Worden, Death of a Salesman, Doug Atchison, Erin Brockovich, Finding Forrester, How to write a screenplay in 20 days, Jack Kerouac, Joe Eszterhas, Michael A. Rich, Rocky, Scott W. Smith, screenwriting, Stallone, Susannah Grant, Viki King, WGA, William Goldman, William Mastrosimone on April 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“I think screenplays should be written with as much speed as possible.”
William Goldman, Two-time Oscar Winner
(All the President’s Men, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)
Do you want to do something foolish this April?
Why not write a screenplay in one month?
I’m not joking.
I know there are a zillion reason why you can’t do it…but it can be [...]
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