Відео

Love of money, Root of All Evil, TV is not a good way to spend time living life

I'm left feeling the two colab show runners have that, Bacall - Bogart & or Tracy- Hepburn creative voices of magic.

"The Story IS the Boss" - Brit.

"We'll teach ourselves to write" thank you Brit. Hey Malcolm, I still think your "Million Dollar Murray USMC " the Reno NV story would be a great script idea for the WGF Veterans Writing Project to team score. Salutes.

What a delightful woman! I wish I could have met her. Thank you for sharing this interview with us.

He does a GREAT interview on The Mort Sahl Show which is on UA-cam

Just finished binging S 2 in Netflix Latin America ♥

What a treat to find this. There's not enough interviews with these two.

Wonderful

Your story is not the same as mine you idiot

jesus please normalize your audio, I had to keep a finger on the volume keys the whole video, damon talks too low and carlton talks too loud.

Cable vs. network 👋🏼

Schwartz was certainly talented and really tells a great story! Not surprising, given his writing acumen.

An observation about two year old Billy Wilder being in a dress - for that time all infants and toddlers of any gender wore skirted garments (dresses). Typically boys did not wear britches until they could pull up and fasten the pants by themselves. However, it is entirely possible that the Wilders may have indeed wanted a girl. I do understand that this commentary lent itself better to the premise of this story. Thanks for letting me have my say.

He says he never wrote about finding his father's body after he committed suicide, but he did... sort of... in Marathon Man.

I talked to William Goldman one time and he gave me the advice of "Don't give a crap what anyone else thinks".

Back in the day I LOVED watching Gilligan's Island.... Watching it was a lot like visiting good friends once a week...And I especially enjoyed singing along to the theme song....

Nice tips for specs thanks guys

Zoom couldn’t handle that much talent on screen at once

SPOILERS: CHINATOWN Having seen Chinatown many times, and having seen a couple versions of the script, there are questions I’d like to ask Towne: -At the hall of records, the perfectly cast snotty bureaucrat of a clerk says that part of the Valley (presumably the San Fernando Valley, a phrase I don’t think is ever used in the film) is in Ventura County, which has never been true. Writing error, or done intentionally, to make the clerk seem even more snotty? -In one version of the script (which I think was filmed, but not used), Evelyn, immediately after revealing the truth about Katherine, makes reference to the dam disaster and some kind of mental breakdown on her father’s part. The line, “The dam broke”, appears to have more than one meaning. She very briefly suggests that she had to care for him, and their relationship became like that of spouses. Was this description meant to reflect reality, or just the still-traumatized Evelyn’s distorted interpretation of what happened? Is Evelyn excusing her father or blaming herself? Did he simply not understand what he was doing , or did he just not care? Cross being what he was, I suspect this was a twisted mix of mental breakdown, already being 100% self serving, and already being someone who lived to abuse power, be it political or interpersonal. Cross later avoids answering Gittes’s question as to whether or not he blames Evelyn with an arguably true observation about humans in general (“capable of anything”), but it evades the issue and reflects exactly the kind of muddled assessment of his own culpability that one would expect from Cross. -In the final cut. Gittes, in a question phrased as a statement, says, right after the big revelation, “He raped you” Evelyn responds by shaking her head. Does the head shake mean, “No. It wasn’t rape”?, or, “I don’t want to talk about it”, or, “It’s complicated”? I think that Evelyn, an at least partially brainwashed fifteen year old in a nightmare situation, was very much raped, and could not possibly have consented, but may not realize that, especially if she had, at the time, even the least bit of conflicted feelings about what happened, helped along by her father’s twisted spin on the matter. -Evelyn seems to have had genuine affection and appreciation for Hollis-but while she often appears to be someone who is just barely holding herself together, and I get why she wouldn’t be entirely surprised by his death, she never appears grief stricken or immediately shook up by it. Does Evelyn not actually care about Hollis? Is she too preoccupied to grieve? Has trauma left her somewhat detached from her emotions, or is she just very good at keeping herself ever so barely under control? She very quickly ends up in bed with Gittes. Did abuse teach her that sex is the appropriate response to unpleasant emotion? What was the nature of her indiscretions while married to Hollis. Was Hollis more of a surrogate father than husband? -Gittes appears to be very much the proverbial idealist found just below the surface of many apparent cynics. Is that why Gittes, after many smart moves, makes the not at all smart move of meeting Cross alone, and of letting Cross know that he has the one known piece of physical evidence on his person? With any other writer, I would assume that this is a monumental error. Given that this is the work of Towne (and maybe Polanski), I’m more inclined to think that this is a reflection of Gittes being a mix of jaded and wide-eyed innocent. The catharsis he imagines he’ll get from this confrontation with evil blinds him to what an incredible strategic blunder it is. I would love for Towne to address this. BTW, I don’t think allowing Cross to take the bifocals helps Cross get away with it all. Cross’ style, the physical might involved in drowning Hollis, and the stupid sloppiness of not realizing the bifocals were missing, and not finding and retrieving the bifocals indicates to me that Claude did the dirty work while Cross probably went inside and poured himself a drink. In the unlikely event that someone were to take the fall for Hollis’s murder, the someone would be Claude, or some other sap-maybe even Gittes. Also: from the second Gittes, in the final scene, starts trying to tell Escobar what happened, it’s clear that Gittes could show verifiable film of the murder, and nothing would happen to Cross. It’s likely none of Cross’ henchman would be in trouble either. When Cross tells Evelyn what a “highly disturbed woman” she is, he’s the most powerful man in the city, announcing to the cops and others present what the official narrative is going to be. One more observation about the film’s relentless focus on moral murkiness: Evelyn’s fate being foreshadowed by Gittes description of whatever happened previously in Chinatown, and by the appearance of Curly’s wife displaying the limits of Gittes’s pat reasoning in the barber shop scene about just uncovering the truth, and not being in control of whether justice is done. The Curly situation is a repeat of the Chinatown scenario of never knowing if you’re combatting evil or helping it along. Did Gittes nobly expose the dalliance of a no-good two-timing wife? Or did an abused woman have one moment of respite exposed by Gittes, bringing on more abuse? Interesting that Curly, who’s deep in debt to Gittes for a service that’s caused nothing but trouble, has to ask Gittes for forgiveness of what he owes, in exchange for a trip that’s more dangerous than Curly can possibly know. How exactly is Gittes different from the banker? Finally, a point about screenwriting. One of the challenges is to very briefly convey the spirit of characters, wardrobe, setting; etc without, on the page, micro-managing the experts who bring those elements to life. One great example of this in Chinatown is with the scene in which Gittes first meets Cross. The very brief exterior setting description begins with, “It is California in miniature.” Brilliant! Communicates the vision in a way that allows the other creatives to be truly creative. Almost as good as the first sentence about Max Bialystock in The Producers: “Max Bialystock is a big baby.” The dialogue and actor directions take care of the rest.

Pure inspiration!

WATCH David O. Russell's masterpiece 'Spanking the Monkey', I bought the movie when it came out (on video I think). It's one of those films with a strong theme, but it has the genius of not boxing you in, and that makes all the difference in telling a story. It will be a cult film one day, if it isn't already.

Not bad. Not bad at ALL.

The first minute of this video ends with the same words written on Billy Wilder's grave stone...."I'm a writer, but then nobody is perfect".

Real impactful and incredible stories.

I absolutely love this. The back stories of incredible people, right place right time, persevere, willingness to learn. Becoming so very successful. I wonder if he ever knew how many people he enriched with his talent? Amazing Life stories. Circle of life. I just love this.🎥❤️ RIP Garry Marshall

you guys are so cool

#WritersGuildFoundation around 1'13'00 what Robert Benton is trying to say is that writing stories begin with oral stories , Tales , transmission. It's fundamental. Don't write anything you couldn't pronounce , especially for a script !!!!!

WRITING GEM

Polonsky writing Odds Against Tomorrow was at Harry Belafonte's behest.

Obviously inching towards the end of his life when this recording was made, but still a great memory, and a fascinating character: while Groucho sounds like an ogre of a father at times, it's not hard to understand his anger at having his son try to shape his image for him, when he'd already gone out of his way to shape it for himself. I don't feel though that criticism should be directed at either Groucho or Arthur for that - if you've got a famous father, you're going to want to write about him - if you are a writer - and if you're that famous person, you're going to be hyper-sensitive about it - especially if you're also a writer. The world was still a better place for Groucho and Arthur having lived.

The Maestro. Often imitated, never duplicated.

WWIII will take place in the year 2026 and 7 months

The man says it all.

Thanks for this! Veena's response to my question and her example from The Killing of how to direct visually on the screen was so helpful! Thanks! - Nikhil

The Apartment is an absolute masterwork. Incredible screenplay, well fleshed-out and complex characters, a tightrope-like navigation of the comedy-tragedy line, and of course the triumphant yet still beautifully understated ending. I find Wilder's catalogue a bit hit and miss, but he was undoubtedly an incredible talent, and the world is a far better place for his contributions

He is so much like Woody Allen, but Woody Allen would not be tolerant to interviewers . Nervous and projected humility, but inside…sharp as steel, confident and a wit that isn’t as over explained. Different…but very similar.

I remember Veena's work on "Cold Case" and I still watch the reruns of the series. As a would be writer/showrunner, I have written a pilot for a police procedural. It is awesome to put such a wonderful face to an even more wonderful writer! Thank you, Veena!! 😊👍🎬📺🎞📓📼

Jack mentions in his narration that Billy made more classics than any of his contemporaries...I love Wilder...but it arguable...that Ford, William Wyler & Hitchcock have an even more striking ration of classics...

Got my fingers crossed! Once again, good luck to everyone who applied!

When will the 2024 application portal open for submissions?

I'm definitely hiring CK claire Kiechel!!!!!!!!

How to kick-start a writing session: deconstruct everything, even yourself, so that the throbbing vein of propaganda can speak fluently through your empty vessel.

they said f troop was the most fun🤑

This is hands down the most train wreck discussion on this topic I have ever watched. I am now dumber for having watched it.

Patton looks so hot with the short, messy hair and the stubble 😍

Fake he no write

*I love Everybody hates Chris!*

Has there ever been an interview from Hollywood without bringing up segregation? For a guy that found it hard to believe they had separate water fountains in the army he sure didn’t write too many stories with a ton of black people. He should’ve had the S.S. Minnow land on Haiti now that would’ve been a riot. 👩🏿‍🍳👨🏿‍🌾👨🏿‍⚕️👩🏾‍🦱👨🏿‍🔧🎅🏿🧜🏿‍♂️🙋🏾‍♀️

'What dreams may come' a movie for all to be inspired by, what an amazing man +♥ he is-was, bless you