Thursday, August 29, 2013

Lancelot Link: 2000

Lancelot Link Thursday! Labor Day Sales? Shouldn't stores be *closed* on Labor Day to give Labor the day off? This used to be an *all stores closed* paid holiday, but now? No real day to honor labor. Pisser. Here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...




Here are five links plus this week's car chase...


1) Brian DePalma On Scenes.

2) Why It Took Seven Years For MANDY LANE To Hit The Screen.

3) Who Is That Guy?

4) Writer's Advice... By Hand!

5) That Kevin Spacey Guy Just Doesn't Get Hollywood!

And the car chase of the week... soon to be a TV series:



- Bill

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Lancelot Link: TAKE A NUMBER!

Lancelot Link Thursday! The end of August... and we're getting an artie horror flick in cinemas. From a producer I know. A cool guy. So, see his movie. Here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...




Here are a baker's half dozen links plus this week's car chase...


1) How Not To Pitch.

2) RAMBO TV!?

3) Stallone on Kickstarter?

4) Sharni Vinson from YOU'RE NEXT!

5) The other people from YOU'RE NEXT!

6) RIP: Elmore Leonard.

7) Elmore Leonard's Opening Lines.

And the car chase of the week:



From one of my favorite creepy little movies that no one has heard of, DEATH VALLEY.

- Bill

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Lancelot Link: Good Evening!

Lancelot Link Thursday! We are halfway through August! Some of the kids are back in school (is there anytime more cool for writers than Back To School Sales?) and KICK ASS 2 is about to be released on an unsuspecting public. Here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...




Here are a half dozen links plus this week's car chase...


1) Robert Towne video interview.

2) Interview with John Milius on APOCALYPSE NOW.

3) BLADE RUNNER sketchbook.

4) Hitchcock's Birthday was Tuesday - here are 2 great docs and a chart!

5) How To Get Page Count by Joss Whedon. 6) Posters for the movies discussed on SEINFELD.



7) Honey, I lost my job... I was replaced by a computer!

And the car chase of the week!



Not cars... but a cropduster.

- Bill

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Lancelot Link: The Secret Of The Ooze!

Lancelot Link Thursday! Here we are entering the "Dog Days" of summer films... with ELYSIUM, the follow up to DISTRICT 9. Here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...




Here are a dozen links plus this week's car chase...


1) STAR WARS... one minute at a time.

2) The Film Orson Welles Made *Before* KANE.

3) New At Pixar - TOY STORY TV series?

4) ZOMBEAVERS! Attacking a cinema near you.

5) THE SPECTACULAR writers on how execs should talk to us.

6) Words of wisdom from DP Roger Deakins.

7) Most Screenwriters Used To Be Women.

8) Advice From Famous Writers.

9) OBLIVION - concept to screen.

10) Lindelof on Screenwritring In 2013.

11) Why Movies Suck and TV is great.

12) Bradley Cooper on PLACE BEYOND THE PINES.

And this week's Car Chase Of The Week:





- Bill

Thursday, August 01, 2013

Lancelot Link: The Cradle Of Life

Lancelot Link Thursday! SHARKNADO is playing midnight shows on Friday... is this the end of the world? Here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...




Here are a dozen links plus this week's car chase...


1) Women In Cinema.

2) 2 Sentence Horror.

3) 30 Twist Endings (spoilers).

4) Writer's Block?

5) The Awesome Lem Dobbs Interviewed

6) Martin Scorsese On Cinema.

7) The Awesome-But-Depressing Paul Schrader Interviews on making a "micro budget" $200k movie.

8) 5 Successful Movies Made For Under $30k.

9) Billy Wilder Interview Part 1

10) Billy Wilder Interview Part 2

11) Billy Wilder Interview Part 3

12) And now for our own twist ending - the patterns behind various films. Pretty scary stuff!

And the car chase of the week...



- Bill
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