Scent Of A Woman was on today. Out of curiosity I looked up the screenplay, and read the beautifully constructed pages of a 138 page masterpiece by Bo Goldman. Loved every minute of it.
Wouldn't it be nice if it wasn't beaten into us that everything has to be done as quickly as fvcking possible? This by page 10. That by page 12. No big chunks of paragraphs please. It seems like some readers loathe to read. In fairness, I realize they can be brutally overwhelmed, so saturated by screenplays that anything that takes a little time is taking too much.
It's just an observation, but I hope when you're writing your movies, you don't strip out that beautifully evocative description of a world or line of dialogue or moment simply to get there quicker. I really appreciate the movies and scripts that take the time to get there right.
Wouldn't it be nice if it wasn't beaten into us that everything has to be done as quickly as fvcking possible? This by page 10. That by page 12. No big chunks of paragraphs please. It seems like some readers loathe to read. In fairness, I realize they can be brutally overwhelmed, so saturated by screenplays that anything that takes a little time is taking too much.
It's just an observation, but I hope when you're writing your movies, you don't strip out that beautifully evocative description of a world or line of dialogue or moment simply to get there quicker. I really appreciate the movies and scripts that take the time to get there right.
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