Re: What makes a great script? Perhaps an award winning script.
Interesting topic. I was thinking about this the other day and recalled how, when the Matrix first hit theaters, I overheard people from teens to 40s, 50s, talking about it. Sure, the kids loved "bullet time," but I also heard them discussing the concept "There is no spoon." As were the older folks. Somehow the idea that we're "plugged into" a prefabricated reality struck a chord with everyone. I think the film was a metaphor for what freedoms and indivuality we give up to enter and become part of a society. Even five-year olds sense it when they enter school -- the glory days are over, you're part of the machine now and forever after.
The question is -- how aware of this core issue were the filmmakers? Or, did they just have a cool concept that happened to resonate on a deep level? Surprise! Or, can we as writers mine these deeper universal sentiments (fears, desires) and weave them into a cool story?
Food for thought.
Interesting topic. I was thinking about this the other day and recalled how, when the Matrix first hit theaters, I overheard people from teens to 40s, 50s, talking about it. Sure, the kids loved "bullet time," but I also heard them discussing the concept "There is no spoon." As were the older folks. Somehow the idea that we're "plugged into" a prefabricated reality struck a chord with everyone. I think the film was a metaphor for what freedoms and indivuality we give up to enter and become part of a society. Even five-year olds sense it when they enter school -- the glory days are over, you're part of the machine now and forever after.
The question is -- how aware of this core issue were the filmmakers? Or, did they just have a cool concept that happened to resonate on a deep level? Surprise! Or, can we as writers mine these deeper universal sentiments (fears, desires) and weave them into a cool story?
Food for thought.
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