Good Scripts, Bad Scripts Learning the Craft of Screenwriting

Name: Good Scripts, Bad Scripts Learning the Craft of Screenwriting
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ISBN: 9780609801192

ISBN-10: 0609801198

ISBN-13: 9780609801192

Edition: 1999

Authors: Tom Pope

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An invaluable guide for film buffs and potential screenwriters, Good Scripts, Bad Scripts serves up engaging behind-the-scenes anecdotes that shed light on how films are made, how the film industry really works, and why films succeed or fail.

Book details

List price: $14.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/7/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction: The Theory



The Abyss: The Narrative Spine Needs a Chiropractor



Cutthroat Island: Shiver Me Structure!



Inherit the Wind: The Play's the First Thing, the Screenplay's the Second



Singin' in the Rain: The Perfect Film That Shouldn't Work



Pulp Fiction: Reinventing Structure



The Usual Suspects: The Great Script That Could Have Been Greater



High Noon: Aristotle Goes Out West



Citizen Kane: Flashback As Narrative



The Bonfire of the Vanities: Third Act Suicide



Last Action Hero: Deconstruction Self-Destructs



Fargo: Satire Isn't Always What Closes on Saturday Night



The Jewel of the Nile: Your Subtext Is Showing: The Problem of the False Second Act



Groundhog Day: The Unexpected, Expected Structure



The Searchers: The Third Act Hiccup



The Verdict: Dialogue As Litany



Tender Mercies: Less Is More, Lots More



Some Like It Hot: Fewer Scenes, Bigger Laughs



Prizzi's Honor: The Passive Second Act Protagonist



The Day of the Jackal: The Antagonist As Protagonist



Network: The Catalytic Monster



Chinatown: The Elusive Antagonist



Casablanca: The Antihero As Protagonist



Havana: Casablanca Lite



The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: The Greatest Adventure



Falling in Love: The Good Guys Ought to Be the Bad Guys


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