Really great talk. Writers are a weird combination, a narcissist with a profound insecurity and an ongoing inner conversation of the perpetual "am I being right?" thank you for sharing
Stephen Gaghan about Antagonist. That's pretty amazing. You're right, in a real world, there is no good or bad anymore. Just circumstances in which the story derive from. Bravo. And that's the real truth about that in today's world.
It's true. If movie's were real, the main character will always be perceived as a villain by other villains. And good guys are always fighting with the other good guys.
Lem Dobbs remarks are the the best. Certainly the clearest and by far the most helpful. And his myth-bursting points, re character growth especially, are refreshing. Gaghan just doesn't make sense most of the time although Traffic was an excellent film.
I don't understand why so many writers feel like Lem, that they regret being writers and that's the worst career you could ever choose, I mean, you're still doing it right? and we all know why we write, because there's Nothing, but Nothing else you could ever do... try quit and do something else.... you would hate it even more.
+Andromeda because the prestige of being a novelist is quite supreme- whereas although being a screenwriter pays well- in hollywood- they get treated quite miserably. producers change their words- think they're smarter than them- and don't give them the respect they deserve. but also because ulimately if you love literature- a novel is the ultimate in that field. screenwriting is seen as selling out among writers.
That's not really true. No real, serious writer faults another who practices a different discipline of the craft. And screenwriters like Robert Towne (Chinatown) and Bill Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, etc) and the Epstein brothers (Casablanca) are eminently respected, not to mention Billy Wilder and countless others. Plus, the Writers Guild has been hugely effective in gaining screenwriters the respect they deserve. Novelists have no such organization and in today's world, are manipulated to a terrible degree by agents and publishers. A novelist cannot even submit his work to a publisher anymore, they only accept manuscripts from agents written by authors who are willing to put in a year of traveling to promote the book and it has become a disgraceful racket.
Nobody hates writing, everybody hates what the industry thinks and makes of writers. It’s a wonderful craft but more often than not it’s a miserable life…
Really great talk. Writers are a weird combination, a narcissist with a profound insecurity and an ongoing inner conversation of the perpetual "am I being right?"
thank you for sharing
Stephen Gaghan about Antagonist. That's pretty amazing. You're right, in a real world, there is no good or bad anymore. Just circumstances in which the story derive from. Bravo. And that's the real truth about that in today's world.
+Sung Hong Judd Apatow says that the doesn't need to put any "bad guys" in his movies because life is enough of a villain.
It's true. If movie's were real, the main character will always be perceived as a villain by other villains. And good guys are always fighting with the other good guys.
Lem Dobbs remarks are the the best. Certainly the clearest and by far the most helpful. And his myth-bursting points, re character growth especially, are refreshing. Gaghan just doesn't make sense most of the time although Traffic was an excellent film.
Gaghan has points to make but mumbles and whispers so much that at times it's impossible to hear what he's mumbling and whispering about.
Amazing
I don't understand why so many writers feel like Lem, that they regret being writers and that's the worst career you could ever choose, I mean, you're still doing it right? and we all know why we write, because there's Nothing, but Nothing else you could ever do... try quit and do something else.... you would hate it even more.
+Andromeda because the prestige of being a novelist is quite supreme- whereas although being a screenwriter pays well- in hollywood- they get treated quite miserably. producers change their words- think they're smarter than them- and don't give them the respect they deserve. but also because ulimately if you love literature- a novel is the ultimate in that field. screenwriting is seen as selling out among writers.
That's not really true. No real, serious writer faults another who practices a different discipline of the craft. And screenwriters like Robert Towne (Chinatown) and Bill Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, etc) and the Epstein brothers (Casablanca) are eminently respected, not to mention Billy Wilder and countless others. Plus, the Writers Guild has been hugely effective in gaining screenwriters the respect they deserve. Novelists have no such organization and in today's world, are manipulated to a terrible degree by agents and publishers. A novelist cannot even submit his work to a publisher anymore, they only accept manuscripts from agents written by authors who are willing to put in a year of traveling to promote the book and it has become a disgraceful racket.
Nobody hates writing, everybody hates what the industry thinks and makes of writers. It’s a wonderful craft but more often than not it’s a miserable life…