Backstory 5 : interviews with screenwriters of the 1990s / edited and with an introduction by Patrick McGilligan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGilligan, Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Screenwriters--California--Los Angeles--Interviews.

Screenwriters.

Motion picture authorship--California--Los Angeles--Interviews.

Motion picture authorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Patrick McGilligan continues his celebrated interviews with exceptional screenwriters in Backstory 5, focusing on the 1990's. The thirteen featured writers-Albert Brooks, Jean-Claude Carrière, Nora Ephron, Ronald Harwood, John Hughes, David Koepp, Richard LaGravenese, Barry Levinson, Eric Roth, John Sayles, Tom Stoppard, Barbara Turner, and Rudy Wurlitzer-are not confined to the 1990's, but their engrossing, detailed, and richly personal stories create, in McGilligan's words, "a snapshot of a profession in motion." Emphasizing the craft of writing and the process of collaboration, this new volume looks at how Hollywood is changing to meet new economic and creative challenges. Backstory 5 explores how these writers come up with their ideas, how they go about adapting a stage play or work of fiction, how they organize and structure their work, and much more.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

ME GENERATION EVERYMAN

BREAKING THE RULES

FEMINIST WITH A FUNNY BONE

IMAGINATION

STRAIGHT OUTTA SHERMER

SINCERITY

A WRITER UNDER THE INFLUENCE

THE JOURNEY

PRIDE OF AUTHORSHIP

THE NONCONFORMIST

ADVENTURES IN MOVIES

FREE SPIRIT

QUESTING

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

GENERAL INDEX

INDEX OF FILMS, PLAYS, AND BOOKS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612772726

9781282772724

1282772724

9780520945470

0520945476

OCLC:

794663669