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Zen and the art of screenwriting 2 : more insights and interviews / William Froug.
LIBRA - Rare PN1996 .F777 2000 Lee copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Froug, William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture authorship.
- Screenwriters--Interviews.
- Screenwriters.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 317 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : Silman-James Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- This collection of new essays and interviews with some of Hollywood's top screenwriters, producers, and directors is a sequel to Froug's highly popular Zen and the Art of Screenwriting. Here, Froug once again weaves fascinating, informative interviews with essays that provide sage advice and fresh, thought-provoking insights for both novice and seasoned screenwriters.
- The essays cover such diverse subjects as creating your own talent, guarding your surprises, reinventing old ideas, using guilt as a writer's tool, getting your scripts read, Hollywood's rewrite panic, story-structure gurus, entering screenplay contests, Hollywood's ephemeral enthusiasms, and why rooting interest isn't necessary.
- Interviewed are Scott Frank (Get Shorty, Dead Again), Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Payback), Nicholas Kazan (Reversal of Fortune, Fallen), Frank Pierson (Dog Day Afternoon, Cool Hand Luke), Eric Roth (The Horse Whisperer, Forrest Gump), Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, The American President), Robin Swicord (Little Women, Practical Magic) Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon, The Omen), and Lauren Shuler-Donner (Any Given Sunday, Bulworth).
- Contents:
- Promises, Promises! 3
- Et Tu, Guru? 8
- Enter Mr. Lee 11
- One Singularly Superb Writer: An Interview with Aaron Sorkin 15
- Get Scotty!: An Interview with Scott Frank 39
- Grabbing at Straws 57
- Getting Even 61
- No Laughing Matter 67
- Inside the Mind of the Master: An Interview with Frank Pierson 73
- Catching the Big One: An Interview with Brian Helgeland 101
- Stopping and Starting 119
- Body Heat 126
- Learn Screenwriting in One Hundred and Nineteen Minutes 144
- Big Talent from the Redneck Riviera: An Interview with Robin Swicord 159
- A Couple of Screenwriters with Fresh POVs: An Interview with Robin Swicord and Nicholas Kazan 181
- Rooting It Out 199
- The Next Big Step 206
- And the Winner Is... 215
- A Secret Revolution 225
- A Powerful Director with a Powerful Vision: An Interview with Richard Donner 233
- The Hit Maker: An Interview with Lauren Shuler-Donner 251
- Spinning on a Paradigm 265
- Making Your Move 269
- Panic Hollywood 275
- Leaving Large Fingerprints: An Interview with Nicholas Kazan 281
- The Screenwriter's Screenwriter: An Interview with Eric Roth 301
- Your New Best Friend 321
- Reality Check 326
- Where It's At 328.
- Local Notes:
- LIBRA Rare PN1996 .F777 2000 Lee copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Ruth Sara Lee. Copy has inscription: "For Charles Lee, with much admiration, fondness & respect --- for better and for verse. William Froug Dec. 22 '00"
- Other Format:
- Online version: Froug, William. Zen and the art of screenwriting 2.
- ISBN:
- 1879505568
- 9781879505568
- OCLC:
- 44727726
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