On Story—Screenwriters and Filmmakers on Their Iconic Films /

On Story—Screenwriters and Filmmakers on Their Iconic Films / / Austin Film Festival Austin Film Festival; ed. by Maya Perez, Barbara Morgan.

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“On Story is film school in a box, a lifetime’s worth of filmmaking knowledge squeezed into half-hour packages.”—Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times Austin Film Festival (AFF) is the first organization focused on the writer’s creative contribution to film. Its annual Film Festival a...

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VerfasserIn:
Austin Film Festival, Austin Film Festival,
MitwirkendeR:
Anderson, Paul Thomas,
Apatow, Judd,
Franco, James,
Josephson, Barry,
Morgan, Barbara,
Perez, Maya,
Rodríguez, Álvaro,
Sumner, Jane,
Wittliff, Bill,
TeilnehmendeR:
Franco, James.
HerausgeberIn:
Morgan, Barbara,
Perez, Maya,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2016
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword: Tips
  • Acknowledgments
  • Biographies
  • Introduction
  • 1. Creating Classic Characters
  • A Conversation with Shane Black, David Milch, and Sydney Pollack
  • 2. Heroes and Antiheroes
  • A Conversation with Paul Feig, Jenny Lumet, and Aline Brosh McKenna
  • 3. “In the name of my father and of the truth!”
  • Up Close with Terry George
  • Terry George on In the Name of the Father
  • 4. “Can it be done, Father? Can a man change the stars?”
  • A Conversation with Brian Helgeland
  • 5. " Attica! Attica!"
  • Brian Helgeland Presents Frank Pierson with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2003 Austin Film Festival
  • Robin Swicord on Dog Day Afternoon
  • Up Close with Frank Pierson
  • 6. “Houston, we have a problem.”
  • A Conversation with Ron Howard
  • A Conversation with Ron Howard, Jim Lovell, Sy Liebergot, John Aaron, Jerry Bostick, Michael Corenblith, Al Reinert, and William Broyles Jr.
  • 7. “If nobody loses their head, nobody will lose their head.”
  • Up Close with Callie Khouri
  • Callie Khouri on Thelma & Louise
  • 8. “It’s Groundhog Day!”
  • A Conversation with Harold Ramis
  • Danny Rubin on Groundhog Day
  • 9. “Have the lambs stopped screaming?”
  • A Conversation with Jonathan Demme
  • Ron Nyswaner on Philadelphia
  • A Conversation with Ted Tally
  • 10. “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”
  • A Conversation with John Milius and Oliver Stone
  • 11. “I am Groot.”
  • A Conversation with Michael Green, Ashley Miller, and Nicole Perlman
  • 12. “Which story do you prefer?”
  • Up Close with David Magee
  • Afterword: Some Things I’ve Learned

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