by Film School | Feb 20, 2020 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #096 Boundaries in Writing and Life Boundaries; the line between me and them, and I get to draw it wherever I want. But…where do I draw it? Who and what do I need to keep separation from? And how do I keep that separation when the line is...
by Film School | Feb 17, 2020 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #095 The Deer Hunter (1978) Russian Roulette. Historical inaccuracies aside, it’s director Michael Cimino’s central metaphor for the Vietnam War. It’s also the pillar around which he builds this epic tale of three normal, blue-collar...
by Film School | Feb 13, 2020 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #094 How To Have A Great Writing Day You’re exhausted, but exhilarated. The words are done, they’re on the page, and they were perfect. Inspired. A breakthrough! We’ve all had that writing day. They’re magic. We’ve also all...
by Film School | Feb 10, 2020 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #093 M*A*S*H (1970) Don’t let him kiss you Hawkeye! Robert Altman’s episodic tour through the absurdity of war stars Elliot Gould, Tom Skerritt, and Donald Sutherland as army surgeons who skip seamlessly from elbow-deep blood and guts to...
by Film School | Feb 6, 2020 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #092 How Close Should I Get To My Characters? How close is too close? How far is too far? Just how close / invested / inside our characters should we go when we’re writing their story? As with most things, it’s all about a balance? Josh and...
by Film School | Feb 3, 2020 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #091 North by Northwest (1959) Cary Grant stars in (one of) his iconic roles as Roger Thornhill, the very normal, very dapper bachelor thrown into a very abnormal, dangerous game of spies and assassins and femme fatales all because of mistaken identity....
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