I know many of you are not in the screenwriting business but are still curious about the process and the writers themselves. The Santa Barbara Film Festival just gathered high profile screenwriters for a two hour panel called It starts with the script. The panelists were: Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine), Guillermo Arriaga (Babel), Todd Field (Little Children), Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada), Peter Morgan (The Queen/The Last King of Scotland), and Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking). The very large MP3 file is available for download on Hollywood Elsewhere. The sound quality is unfortunately quite low so you’ll probably want to listen with your headphones on.
via The Hollywood Reporter’s Risky Biz Blog.
Hey, cool! Thanks for the link. When I lived in Toronto I was always glued to the TV during the Film Festival. They televised a lot of the panel discussions (about scripts and so much more), and I found it very, very interesting. One day I will make my film. One day…
The Milliner: I didn’t know you wanted to make a movie! We’ll have to talk…
It’s one of those things on the list of things to do at least once in life. I pretty much know nothing about how to make a movie (though I had a screenwriter roomate in Toronto for 3 years). Plus I love the idea of making a creative statement in so many areas (story / writing, costume (my personal favorite ;), set design, etc. etc.) It’s funny, but probably the area that I’m the least familiar is acting! (at least on a how to vs. enjoyment of). Anyhow, yes! we should talk…
Really good stuff in there, although the sound is as bad as an Arcade Fire concert recorded on a beat up cellphone.
The Ass+chair thing got me all worked up. (sort of)