Screenwriters: America's Storytellers in Portrait
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1883318181 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Customer said An inspirational exploration. Because writers are behind the scenes -- way behind the scenes -- we can only guess what they are trying to tell us with each new screenplay. That's why I loved seeing their faces and hearing their words -- listening to some of them go on and on about their craft and others sum up their reactions to years of hard work in 10 or "An inspirational exploration" according to A Customer. Because writers are behind the scenes -- way behind the scenes -- we can only guess what they are trying to tell us with each new screenplay. That's why I loved seeing their faces and hearing their words -- listening to some of them go on and on about their craft and others sum up their reactions to years of hard work in 10 or 20 well-chosen words. I didn't need this book when I bought it -- or at least I didn't think so. Now I turn back to it time and again for inspiration. I don't feel as if I've . 0 well-chosen words. I didn't need this book when I bought it -- or at least I didn't think so. Now I turn back to it time and again for inspiration. I don't feel as if I've . cayce@ziplink.net said A rich, textured portrait of the Hollywood screenwriter.. With "Screenwriters: America's Storytellers in Portrait", Lumme and Manninen have created a rich and varied collection of photographs, anecdotes, and dialogue that show us the world of the Hollywood screenwriter. Film, and whether we like it or not, Hollywood film, is the art form, the central mode of storytelling and cultural construction, of the twenieth century. Although it is of undeniable value to question and criticize the Hollywood film and its role in our culture, one must recognize that the. A rich, textured portrait of the Hollywood screenwriter. A Customer With "Screenwriters: America's Storytellers in Portrait", Lumme and Manninen have created a rich and varied collection of photographs, anecdotes, and dialogue that show us the world of the Hollywood screenwriter. Film, and whether we like it or not, Hollywood film, is the art form, the central mode of storytelling and cultural construction, of the twenieth century. Although it is of undeniable value to question and criticize the Hollywood film and its role in our culture, one must recognize that the
Based on their major photo exhibits at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, award-winning authors Lumme and Manninen reveal the hidden talents behind Hollywood's most famous films. From Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard), Ernest Lehman (North by Northwest), and Robert Towne (The Firm) to Oliver Stone (Platoon), Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle) and Richard La Gravanese (The Horse Whisperer), 18 Academy Award winners and another 18 nominees are featured among these remarkable color and black & white portraits.. Forty-eight leading screenwriters are introduced in brilliant portrait photography and their own revealing words
It's like a compulsion." Nora Ephron, who scripted You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and When Harry Met Sally, compares writing for the screen to "delivering a great big beautiful plain pizza, then the director sees it and wants to add mushrooms, and others want to add green peppers and anchovies, until you have a pizza with everything and you think, 'Why didn't I lie down in traffic to prevent anyone's putting green peppers onto the pizza?'" Novelist Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, from whose pen flowed the Merchant-Ivory adaptations of Howard