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When I'm not hiding in my cave as I am known to do I can be found wandering the streets of Brooklyn mumbling to myself. Read more about William Speruzzi.
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William Anyone have The Machinist screenplay by Scott Kosar in PDF/DOC format?
John Ott, writer, filmmaker and futurist, gives us some very interesting thoughts on why failure is part of the big picture and why indie filmmakers have it all wrong (I agree with him.)
There are currently three film contests that I think some of you might want to check out [this isn't an endorsement, just posting notice.] With so many competitions out there why am I pulling these from the pile? The money. The prizes are a pretty impressive combination of cash and services. Take a look at all three and decide for yourself but don’t wait too long. Deadlines are approaching.
I guess it’s always been my thinking that following trends in the industry is like pushing a rock uphill. Unless you can literally crank out a polished flavor-of-the-month screenplay in two months and ride the current wave it seems really difficult to gauge. Don’t get me wrong, I will probably die a miserable failure at this (my usual sunny outlook) but when I see someone do something that blows my mind it makes me feel like I should always follow my gut and write what turns me on.
If what turns you on is what is selling and will sell for the next ten years then I guess you really don’t have anything to bitch about but until we all get to that point I think creating what you want to not what you need to is always the way to go. I’m dying to write something fast and furious that flows out of me. Not be so precious. Who cares if it sells. Just to free me up. I have folders full of orphaned concepts. Maybe the time is now?
I’ve been quietly following director Nicolas Winding Refn‘s career trajectory take him to this place. Bronson is currently screening at Sundance and it is supposedly all the rage. The trailer speaks for itself.
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