Sunday, December 04, 2005

Screenwriting tips for aspirant screenwriters

DO NOT WRITE THESE LINES FOR A MOVIE CALLED THE COOLER:

young harvard grad talks to the aging, tough, vaguely Brooklynesque casino owner:

NOSTALGIA IS GREAT. BUT NOSTALGIA BELONGS IN A MUSEUM. I THINK IT COMES TIME TO DECIDE WHETHER YOU ARE RUNNING A MUSEUM OR (pauses just so for a portentous effect) YOU'RE RUNNING A CASINO.

nice use of repetition, guys. the writers are Frank Hannah & Wayne Kramer.

DO WRITE THESE LINES FOR A MOVIE CALLED ANNIE HALL STARRING WOODY ALLEN AND DIANE KEATON:

woody allen character to diane keaton character after sex:

AS BALZAC SAID, THERE GOES ANOTHER NOVEL.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I might be wrong, but I think it was Flaubert who claimed to be unable to write unless he'd masturbated three times first.

Sort of the opposite of Balzac I suppose.

sarcasmus said...

Uh, I kind of know where he's coming from. So to speak.

Anonymous said...

france, right?

sarcasmus said...

No. From the Balls. The man gots them. Which is interesting because I remember reading about somewhere that Flaubert was obsessed with idea of castrating himself. Probably akin to what you referencing earlier. Yet again, I can relate to where he's coming from. And, yes, that would be France.