“I would never write about someone who was not at the end of his rope.”
Stanley Elkin
I’ve always been fond of the above quote by Elkin and I thought I’d add some movies that I know are not only about characters at the end of their ropes, but movies that as of last night are movies connected with at least one Oscar win :
12 Years a Slave
Dallas Buyers Club
Blue Jasmine
Gravity
Her
Congrats to all of the winners at last night’s Academy Awards.
Related posts:
’12 Years a Slave’
The 20 Year Journey of Craig Borten—Dallas Buyers Club
Screenwriter Melisa Wallack —Dallas Buyers Club
Unconscious Writing (Tip #82) —Blue Jasmine
Picking Movie Titles —Gravity
Back to the Future with ‘Her’
Screenwriting from Iowa 