Scott Smith’s Screenwriting From Iowa blog scores again:
by Scott W. Smith
“HOLLYWOOD is easy to hate, easy to sneer at, easy to lampoon.”
Raymond Chandler’s essay Writers in Hollywood published in the Atlantic in 1945
Tag: screenwriting from Iowa
Lawrence Kasdan’s Rejection/Breakthrough
Yes, we know this title doesn’t mean anything unless you know who Lawrence Kasdan is. But we’re counting on your heightened awareness and proceeding accordingly:
Lawrence Kasdan’s Rejection/Breakthrough – by Scott W. Smith (Screenwriting From Iowa Blog)
“A week later [my agent] called with news that the folks at Starsky and Hutch had read my screenplay and didn’t think I had what it took to work on the show. I told my agent I was on page 108 of my new script and he should not to anything rash. I’d call him as soon as I was done. I thought I had bought myself another week or so.
Don’t Blame the Writers, Blame the Buyers
…Which is to say the studios and production companies. What are we talking about? Glad you asked:
Chris Rock & Adult Movies – by Scott W. Smith (ScreenwritingFromIowa.Com)
“Most parts in comedy, they’re not written for men. They’re written for, like, boy-men. So it’s cool to play a man-man. They don’t make adult movies anymore. Go to a multiplex. If Sydney Pollack was around today, he’d be directing episodes of ‘True Blood.’”