tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277396658635028872012-02-12T11:56:32.032-06:00"Too much sanity may be madness - and the maddest of all - to see life as it is, and not as it ought to be." -- Don Quixote, Man of La Manchaamy quick parrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11043879588719638160noreply@blogger.comBlogger4001100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27739665863502887.post-20668582633667019802012-02-12T11:56:00.000-06:002012-02-12T11:56:32.044-06:00

Revised best films: THE ARTIST Harry Potter 7.2 Hugo Midnight in Paris Being Elmo 50/50Take ShelterJeff, Who Lives at Home Super 8 The Help Beginners Tree of Life

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So two things I've learned this week: 1. There's a reason writers who write a lot prefer a desktop over a laptop. I've reached the point where the aches and pains are needing medical attention and the first question from the doctor was did I use a laptop. Turns out that a desktop is designed to fit your body. The keyboard is low, the monitor is at eye level. A laptop has the monitor attached to

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New cool invention--- renting videos on Amazon. Yes, I realize that most of the world has been doing that for the past few years but our household just moved into the 2010s this year when we got our first blue ray player. Magically, not only does it play all the special features we've been wanting to see on those blue ray disks, but also we can access the internet. Netflix and Amazon are OURS!

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My web series, Into Dust, screened last night at TheShow Austin at the 29th Street Ballroom/SpiderHouse. Here are some pics.

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So I hadn't seen Young Adult or The Descendants. My thought was that Young Adult wouldn't be that great, but it was written by Diablo Cody so I should go see it out of a sense of screenwriterly duty. My thought on the Descendants was that it would be very good.  All I knew was that George Clooney was in it and Alexander Payne directed it. Young Adult was totally not what I had expected. I

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Preliminary pre-Christmas List Featuring Amy's Take of The Best Movies (off the top of my head) of 2011. This means most enjoyable and/or well-done. Not necessarily in order. Hugo Harry Potter 7.2 Take Shelter Midnight in Paris Being Elmo Jeff, Who Lives at Home Super 8 The Help 50/50 Tree of Life Source Code Honorable Mention: Jane Eyre Honorable Mention Kids' Movies: Puss in Boots- This was

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Dear Studios and People Who Don't Want Netflix to Steam Anything Good: Here's my idea for making money on the internet: Create a tablet-type device, or commission a particular line of iPads or Nooks or KindleFires or whatever. Then market various types: the LOONEY TUNES Tablet, which is all decorated in Looney Tunes characters and is loaded with tons of cartoons. The HBO Tablet, full of HBO

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So I've had some good news on the film front-- Into Dust is set to screen at a cool venue in Austin soon and a TV channel in Michigan is running a piece on Frank Allison and they've asked to use a "couple of minutes" from my short doc about Frank's  years in the infamous uber-popular local band that couldn't quite expand out of the mid-west. The video is what it is--- VHS footage from the 80s

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From Stephen King's ON WRITING: "Once I start work on a project, I don't stop and I don't slow down unless I absolutely have to. If I don't write every single day. the characters begin to stale off in my mind--they begin to seem like characters instead of real people. The tale's narrative cutting edge starts to rust and I begin to lose my hold on the story's plot and pace. Worst of all, the

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They say write from passion -- people will respond to passion. They say write what you know. They say write the movie you want to see. What if no one is passionate about what I'm passionate about? What if I'm the only one that wants to see that movie? What if I spend three hours locked in my writing room when I could've been outside and gone for a run? What if I write it and it's a mess? What if

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Nine days into National Novel Writing Month. Here's my video procrastination suggestion:

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November is National Novel Writing Month.  There's a group of students at my school meeting twice a week for the Young Writers Program.  I went to the initial meeting and learned about how it works-- there's a website, you register, and you write 50,000 words in 30 days -- about a 175 page novel. It can't be based on any previous work (or your own work, previous fits and starts, etc.) and you

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Description and Dialogue: Rewriting Your Script with Terry Rossio Driskill Hotel, Maximilian Room In this invaluable and incredible workshop, Terry Rossio, Academy Award®-nominated writer of SHREK, DÉJÀ VU, THE MASK OF ZORRO, and the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN films, will focus on the challenges one faces when sitting down to do a rewrite — whether of one’s own work, or of someone else's.

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I believe the answer to this is best expressed in this clip from Mr. John Hughes:

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Have a couple of interested parties checking out my new slacker rom com --- great way to kick of Austin Film Festival week! I'm so excited -- this year seems like the best year ever-- John Lasseter, Johnny Depp, Michael Arndt, Terry Rossio, Lawrence Kasdan... Rob Thomas, Shane Black... The Duplass Brothers... James Franco... Jeff Who Lives at Home, Butter, The Rum Diaries, Puss in Boots, Austin

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Speaking of Ann Arbor, I came across this recipe that claims to be similar to the wonderous sangria served at Casa Dominick's in Ann Arbor. Dominick's, for the uninitiated, is an open-air bar in the heart of the University of Michigan. It's right across from the Law Quad, and it's the best place to go this side of your own porch. (Ann Arborites have a long-standing tradition of hanging out on

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A relative called to tell us about two articles in his morning papers that reminded him of us: Three Days in Ann Arbor and Three Days in Austin. Unfortunately, you have to be a subscriber to read them online so... I'm writing my own: THREE DAYS IN ANN ARBOR Assuming it's a three day weekend... FRIDAY Drinks at Casa Dominick's (812 Monroe, by the Law Quad).  Their sangria and drinks are great,

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“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve

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So a couple of unpaid interns who worked on Black Swan are suing.  I dunno the answer to this. I know a lot of indie movies wouldn't get made if they didn't have unpaid interns. I also know that after working an unpaid internship, I moved on to a stipend apprenticeship, paid background actor jobs, and paid script reader/consultant. And I make more money teaching high school at the lowest paying

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This is Banned Book week. Check out this list of banned books and then check them out from the library. I recommend Sherman Alexie's Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. And Brave New World. And The Diary of Anne Frank... all of them!

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Matthew Shephard's story broke my heart. I remember I was driving home from school listening to the radio when the news story came on.  I cried all the way home.  There've been plenty of other stories like him. That student in Rutgers. Rutgers! Not Laramie, Wyoming. New Jersey!! In addition to the Michele Bachmans of the world, there's some proposed law in Tennessee under which teachers

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The best of the contests vs best of the best. Where do you wanna be? I've been thinking about writing a YA novel for a while. Kind of researching it. It's hard to say what's popular because you go to the YA section of the bookstore and everything seems to have a vampire or a werewolf on the cover. Anyway, so  I read a top contest winning short story. The first line didn't remotely draw me in. I

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The best classics -- the ones I remember most -- are often movies that I got sucked into while flipping channels on a random Saturday afternoon. It's how I first saw Dr. Zhivago. I remember being in high school, seeing it on at 10 or 11 pm and staying up for hours to finish it! It's how I first saw Singin' in the Rain. Undoubtedly It's a Wonderful Life and Wizard of Oz. And now I'm watching

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A writer friend was talking about a crappy book she was reading. She couldn't believe it had been published with the crappy writing and crappy characters. I always go with the Ferris Bueller/ Cameron Fry line, "It is a piece of shit. But don't worry -- I don't even have a piece of shit. I have to envy yours." But apart from that, I have another opinion: it's because of what it's about. Is it a

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We can see the clouds of smoke from our house. We're about 45 miles away from the biggest fire-- the one in Bastrop. Here is a video taken by someone else. Please watch it-- if you're ever told to evacuate, this is why you need to do so right away: This morning when I left for work I could smell smoke. Everyone at work - no matter where they lived -- said they could smell it, too. I'm hearing

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So we're in an exceptional drought here in Austin and today we've had 35-35 mph winds. It's super-hot. Over 75 days have been over 100 degrees. This morning we were under a red flag warning, which means fire danger.And now we're surrounded by communities on fire. Photo from Austin Statesman via Elgin Fire Department  The fire in Bastrop is 16 miles wide and zero percent contained. Wind gusting.

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Scriptshadow reviewed Andrew Lanham's Nicholl/Austin winning drama screenplay, Jumpers of Maine. Check it out here. While I haven't read Lanham's script, I had the good fortune of sitting at his table when he won not only the Best Drama Screenplay award at the Austin Film Festival luncheon, but was then called up again to win the Latitude Productions Screenplay award. We had already heard that

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This is the best post on log lines and specificity and hooks I've seen in a long time. Here.  From Emily Blake. Check it out!

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This looks familiar, vaguely familiar, Almost unreal, yet, it's too soon to feel yet. Close to my soul, and yet so far away. I'm going to go back there someday. Sun rises, night falls, sometimes the sky calls. Is that a song there, and do I belong there? I've never been there, but I know the way. I'm going to go back there someday. Come and go with me, it's more fun to share, We'll both be

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So I had another opportunity to dig out the scalpel and such this week. A friend in the middle of shooting a feature had an actor who wasn't going to be available for the rest of the shoot. They'd already shot some of his scenes and established the character the actor played as an integral part of this subplot. And he was gone. This is a rough situation to be in. Options: 1. Get a new Darin. (

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It may now be just as safe to invest in an independent film as it is to invest in the stock market!

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My first mid-production script doctor situation happened with my own script. I had cast and scheduled for Into Dust and an actor bailed for a new job.  This is a really hard situation to be in. I hadn't even shot yet and already I had problems. On one hand, it wasn't that big of a problem precisely because I hadn't shot footage that I now needed to work around. On the other hand, I was thinking

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Hey, hey! My new script -- a comedy -- just made the Quarterfinals in the Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Competition. It's called For Richer or for Poorer, though the title I was tossing around this week is All That and a Bag of Chips.  Life is good!

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One thing I really like about writing... it's free!

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I won't even bother to post the trailer to BATTLESHIP, based on the Milton Bradley game. Apparently the budget is up to 300 million-- it looks... oh, just please... don't encourage them. JEEZ. We were kvetching about it on Done Deal ... I suppose it does create writing assignments for writers. So that's not so bad. But ugh, it looks so awful....  Anyway. So this conversation ensued: Quote:

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You read a lot about pitching and gaining the interest of a particular producer. Sometimes it's all about the perfectly honed pitch. Sometimes it's all about saying the words "comedy" and "potato chips" to the right people. Other times it's about standing in 100 degrees and mentioning that in the location you're considering sometimes you have to wear a sweat shirt! This is how I've been able

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All the screenwriting books tell you that each scene should push the story forward. But have you ever considered what happens if you add a new location and add yet another character who only has 2-3 lines and then is never heard from again? You're adding tons of money to the budget for a scene that could just as easily be expressed in a location you've already used and possibly with a character

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Normally I'd argue that my favorite movie of the summer would be Super 8 or probably Harry Potter. I haven't seen Harry Potter yet, and I loved Super 8, but do you know what the best movie I've seen in a long time is? Midnight in Paris. It's a little like Purple Rose of Cairo in that it's a Woody Allen comedy that goes off the deep end --- you can't really call it a supernatural or time travel

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I've blogged so much about my eternal cheesy love for Mr. Sherwood Schwartz that it almost seems too late to write about him now that he has passed away. He died Tuesday, age 94, still working on a new movie. There's a great book he wrote about his life: Inside Gilligan's Island: A Three-Hour Tour Through the Making of a Television Classic. I highly recommend it. What I like most about Sherwood

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Best answer to how'd the pitch go? They gave me the standard rich and famous contract and I've been living like a king in Patagonia ever since.

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It's kind of weird for an Austin person to talk up Hollywood movies -- they already have millions built into their budgets for advertising -- shouldn't I be talking up the latest Swanberg flick? (Go see indie movies, yes!) But SUPER 8 opens this weekend, and I am so geeked! JJ Abrams (Lost, Alias, Star Trek) teams up with Steven Spielberg to create a Spielberg-esque film that fits somewhere

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I always feel funny giving screenwriting advice, but I think when you're reading a lot of scripts from contests or otherwise anything that becomes advice is useful. The big problem is that it's easy to know the basics of screenwriting or even the advanced elements but it's a lot harder to actually apply them in your own script. Sometimes a script is technically fine but so ordinary and with no

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Tip of the day: Make your character active. Yes, I know that's tried and true advice -- read enough scripts with flaws and all those old rules will really sink in. Make your protagonist active and make the protagonist have a clear goal that s/he really wants to achieve. The worst kind of goal is the kind of goal where the protagonist doesn't want a particular thing to happen. Your character

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I think the best possible to spend the first weekend of summer is to run to the top of Austin's Mt. Bonnell  with a bunch of Slackers wielding Super-8 cameras and shooting the whole experience and then sacrificing said Super-8 cameras to the Mt. Bonnell Slacker God of Film. We did that today as part of Slacker 2011, the Austin Film Society's remake of Richard Linklater's film, Slacker, as a

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Dear Emeryville, California (nice location, BTW!). Mr. Terry Rossio doesn't suck. He's bringing us two and a half hours of moonlit, stormy ocean on the big screen every couple of years AND perpetuating the singing of "Yo, ho, yo, ho, a pirate's life for me!" With really bad eggs!! You guys at Pixar need to get crackin' (ahem) and get him on one of your flicks. Also, he contributed toward one of

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Terry Rossio is part of the screenwriting team that brought you Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl. He also brought you The Mask of Zorro, Aladdin, and a multitude of my favorite adventure movies set in cool places. His movies have sword-fighting, treasure, magic and everything that makes a movie cool. He also comes to speak almost every year at the Austin Film Festival. So

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I've been reading a lot of scripts. The biggest problems I notice: 1. No clear voice. 2. No unique premise. 3. No memorable characters. There are a lot of people who can write 90-110 pages of ... something. Sometimes what they write even moves along at a decent clip and attempts to hit the plot points in the right spots. But we need characters we love! We need some VOICE! We need something

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Rather than argue with a friend on Facebook, I'm gonna take it here. She's pissed that America is so obsessed with the Royal Wedding when people are suffering and dying in storms here. I tell you what. The Royal Wedding is the ONLY good news. We're basically in World War III. People are killed in Mexico left and right with drug cartels that no one can stop. The Gulf is a murky disgusting

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As I read scripts -- professional and otherwise -- I think about the pros and cons of each script, how it's written, etc. My husband, after hearing me yammer endlessly about how great Michael Arndt's panels were at the Austin Film Festival, coined this joke... "Some people are Michael and some people ARNDT." jajajajjajaja. :D (Michael Arndt wrote Little Miss Sunshine and Toy Story 3, among

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No place for a real discussion about these issues on a blog called "Escapeism as a Way of Life" but caught an old SNL skit as part of the pre-show at the Alamo Drafthouse before Source Code over the weekend-- which was a great movie, by the way. Anyway. A local NY talk show with two moms running the show. It was a sketch that featured Jake Gyllenhaal.  Betty Caruso: It's bananas! The whole

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Madrid vs Barcelona. Barcelona is champagne in a flute while discussing Picasso. Madrid is red wine in a glass-- a regular glass, not a wine glass. Madrid is the smell of leather and cigars and red wine on the streets at 5 am. Madrid is Puerta del Sol, Tio Pepe, Once lottery salespeople calling "Para Hoy! Para Hoy!" Madrid is old, bald men with canes walking into the bar near Ventas and

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Interesting things I've learned from my sort of mentor, Frank Allison: 1. "Blowing it by doing it." This phrase refers to what I did by filming the WEB SERIES of Janey Santiago instead of the actual feature script I had (which I didn't have the money to shoot) or the TV pilot (which also would've cost more money.) Yes, I did it. But now it's done. 2. "That's a great idea!" Filmmakers, like new

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Here is an article about a new outfit they made in response to annoyed fans' rants. I think this one may be even worse. Cheap dull pants-- does she work in a bowling ally?  Did you make it out of a high school band uniform? WTF?? Come on, people-- you are bringing *WONDER WOMAN* back to TV! Make her look good! The pants remind me of Kick Ass' outfit. And he made that himself out of a scuba suit.

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People are under the impression that Wonder Woman is a slut. Some kind of idiot bimbo in an invisible jet who's there for the "real" superheroes to schtup. Again, take a look at the Lynda Carter picture below. Here are Wonder Woman's qualities: Integrity. Integrity. Integrity. She works for PEACE. She is against violence. All those nimrods who think she should be a booby Hulk-like Amazon

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I first encountered Adrianne Palicki -- TV's new/future Wonder Woman -- on the set of Friday Night Lights. It was season 1 of FNL and I was experiencing a movie set for the first time as a lowly background actor. I hadn't heard of any of the actors-- the show wasn't on TV yet. There was just this tall girl, Tyra, about the height of my cousin S, who was standing directly in front of me. She had

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As I read more scripts and write my own, I'm learning more and more about the PASS, CONSIDER or RECOMMEND process. It doesn't matter if it's a decent script. It doesn't matter if it's well-written or has a nice story. Certainly the emotional response to the story is important, etc. But beyond everything you can learn in a class on screenwriting: Here's what matters: For an indie producer: Can

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Not a big deal to a lot of people, but A&E just screened Ferris Bueller and CUT OUT the part where Cameron stares closer and closer at the Seurat painting. Mr. John Hughes isn't even alive to register his complaint. I'm boycotting A&E. Bleh. They cut from about 1:15 on. I mean, seriously, who does that? Shame on you, A&E!

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Scored a great parking spot in "Lot Full." Got free coffee. And not just any free coffee-- this free coffee came with a mug. And when I arrived at the truck from which they were serving this free coffee it was any kind of coffee I wanted -- and they had a Ghirardelli pump in there, folks! I chose a skim latte. And then I got to pet a puppy! Yes, it was that kind of a morning. First in line for

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Day 4 was actually the best yet in that it ended up a surprise. I started out headed to the Rollins theater at the Long Center. I found free parking (nice surprise), but it was FREEZING! (also a surprise). It wasn't that cold-- 62-- but it's been in the 70s and 80s and there was a strong wind and my jacket was cold. We had at least a half hour wait outside. There were like 3 people in line and I

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Nice! When during SXSW have I had time to go out to dinner with the family and then wake up and get a few hours of writing in and maybe even a run? The fact that I don't HAVE to go to panels is huge! It's not that I don't GET to-- I don't HAVE to. That's always the big push-- hurry down to ACC first thing in the morning to learn, learn learn and park, park, park and wait, wait, wait in lines.

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SXSW Day 2: The three lots where I usually park were all full by noon. It's only Saturday and it looked like Wednesday out there! A total mad house. I managed to find parking near Town Lake and I was pretty grumpy by that time. But I set out to ACC for Being Elmo. 2nd in line. I was right in front of their Venue Status Board --  all movies were set for GO. I got in with no problem and met a

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So. I'm trying an experiment. After six years straight of buying a full force SXSW Film badge, I'm trying SXSW lite. For the first time, I skipped the $375-$550 badge (low price is the discounted rate for those who've registered early, high price is the walk up rate) and bought a $70 film pass. With the money I saved, we're taking a trip to California! Why would I do such a thing? Well. As I

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So I just read two giant articles on the top 10 characters readers never want to see in a script again and the top 14 screenplay ideas that readers never want to read again. Some of the points were valid. But then in the comments section a reader pointed out that a lot of these characters and topics are some of the most popular movies in theaters in the last 5 years. So clearly people seem to

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"I do what I do because of Walt Disney--his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining." John Lasseter

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Very first script: sushi and saki with Budweiser. 1st real script: Pixie sticks and pop tarts. 2nd script: Saffron rice,  chicken with garlic and olive oil, slice of lemon squeezed over it. Vino Tinto. Crusty bread. Followed by churros and chocolate. 3rd script: Falafel with hummus, french fries and a diet Coke. Baklava. 4th: Carne guisada taco plate. Beans, rice. Chips. Salsa. Tequila. Lime.

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Oh dear. The Wonder Woman TV show sounds worse than originally projected. More on this later. Until then, here's a link.

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 Go MICHIGAN!

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Congratulations to Austin's Bryan Poyser for his Independent Spirit Award nomination for his wonderful feature, Lovers of Hate. It's up for the John Casavetes Award at tonight's Independent Spirit Awards. The Casavetes Award is awarded to the best film made for under $500,000. Peter Hedges' Pieces of April was up for that award at one point.  It didn't win. So was In Search of the Midnight Kiss.

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There's been a lot of hoopla about John August's recent blog about whether or not to move to LA. Actually, it was a post from an Austin-based screenwriter. The screenwriter says he's 25, loves Texas and is doing fine. Personally, if I were 25, I'd head to LA in a heartbeat. 22 and in Austin is great. Do the crew thing on the productions that are here, intern at Detour and Austin Film Society,

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Today my job was to teach kids how to edit commercials that they wrote and performed in Spanish, tune other kids into a BBC web series that teaches Spanish, and then convince a few to join us on a trip to Spain in 2012. Also an NYU MFA called me and offered me an acting gig, of all things.Not bad. Factor in the fact that in Michigan they have 7" of snow (and ice) and here I took not one but two

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I have quite a few things today that would fall into the category of "Wow. Just Wow." This is the one I'm willing to write on my blog...  A screenwriting contest which is NOT the NICHOLL and NOT the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition (the top two besides Sundance Labs, in my opinion...) was defending itself after criticism for being late in response time and generally disorganized

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Blech. All that junk about Beautiful this and that? I was such a grouch today. Focus one point and breathe. I saw a squirrel today. He was cute. (This was not him... my pic ended up too far away...)

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One cold, icy, gray day many Februarys ago my friend M was fed up. Fed up with stepping into slushy mudpuddles, fed up with sitting on a cold bench waiting for the campus bus. Fed up with people bitching about homework, midterms, all of it. So on our old-fashioned pre-Zukerbergian Facebook time period, he created "The Beautiful Item." We already had a system that was like a blog or a

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I've had some of the best advice of my life in canoes. Paddle hard forward, from a canoe company in the Great White North. And this, from the bridge in the picture above. "Focus one point and breathe." So many people are scattered in so many directions. Job. Fear of job loss. Family. Home. Money. Health. Whatever.  Focus one point and breathe. Yesterday, I did that. And here's what it looked

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Did you know Misirlou has been done in LADINO? Ladino is a medieval language spoken by the Jews in pre-1492ish Spain. Some of them moved to Israel after Isabel y Fernando kicked everyone out and still speak the language even today. Could it BE any more of a geekfest for AQP??? Misirlou, in case you aren't aware, is the opening song to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. This, obviously, was a more

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Recipe for a good weekend: 1. Begin weekend Friday morning at 530 am with an email stating that area schools are closed. Check website for your particular school-- it is also closed. Check news-- husband's company also closed! Rejoice! Get back into bed! 2. Sit by fire. Read newspaper online since it was too icy to deliver. Make pancakes for breakfast. Read a cheesy book, enjoy it. Check

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21 hits, but the comment this video gets? "Magnificent." Long live Frank Allison and the Odd Sox! Frank changes a guitar string in mid-song here.

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So we finally branched out and rented actual movies. (The Big Bang Theory DVDs ran out until Season 3 could be delivered by the fine folks at Netflix...) Lo and behold...we were better off watching The Big Bang Theory! I did see The King's Speech, which was surprisingly wonderful. I mean, I knew it would be good. It was already up for a lot of awards and now nominated for a zillion Oscars. It

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I do-  like many of my (ahem) age- have a tendency to like the oldies but goodies. And by that I mean 90s alternative rock and post-punk. However, there are some creations that have come out since 1993 or so that I enjoy. So. If you're looking for something new to check out on iTunes, my suggestions: Bishop Allen. My favorite new band. Check out GRRR. The Broken String... there are several,

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This has been a hard week. Rain and gray all week, everyone in our house sick either with flu, Fifth disease or just plain old Cedar Fever. Doldrums and post-Christmas blues. First five-day week of the 2011 school year always makes teaching that much more challenging. And to top it all off, a shooting in Arizona and all the aftermath. I'm glad the week which I've dubbed "The Pit of Despair"

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I'm gonna create my own giant, secret treehouse with secret sliding bookshelf walls and Cap'n Crunch and beer and Oreos and comic books and Pez and no one's allowed in unless they have the secret password. So blah!

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Top Ten Movies of 2010, at least in my humble opinion: 1. 127 Hours 2. The King's Speech 3. The Social Network 4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows 5. How To Train Your Dragon 6.  Toy Story 3 7. Blue Valentine 8. True Grit 9. Lovers of Hate 10. Cyrus Top 10ish TV Shows: 1. Lost 2. 30 Rock 3. The Office 4. Big Bang Theory 5. Weeds 6. Friday Night Lights 7. Smallville 8. 30 Rock Re-Runs 9. The

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Olive oil. Garlic. Saffron. Lemon. Does it get any better? YES! Turns out I just read that SAFFRON is an antidepressant. I'm booking a flight to La Mancha... :D

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Scenes and situations that have influenced me greatly - and I didn't even know the connection until a few years ago... THIS episode of Gilligan's Island, entitled The Friendly Physician.  All three episodes where the Bradys go to Hawaii, and in particular the part with the Tiki Caves. He directed several episodes of Wonder Woman... And later in life, I fell in love with: Creature from

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Highlights of this year's Austin Film Festival: 1. Kicked it off with a lunch (I won it rather randomly) with John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) at Cantina Laredo.  There were six of us and he was really informative/interesting, talking about how The Blind Side came about and how he learned to direct from watching and learning on set with Clint Eastwood. 2. Nickelodeon Writers Symposium. They

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I've attended the AFF for about three years before I even moved to Austin, and now I've lived here four years. So I've attended both as an out-of-towner and as a local. Here's my advice, for what it's worth: Hotels: The Driskill is expensive but/and it's also haunted (or so they say) and has a great breakfast at Cafe 1886. Since the Driskill is where the conference is located, you'll be able to

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I have determined (based on totally scientific research) that Michigan wins when I am in Ann Arbor.  Case in point: I lived in Michigan from the time I was little until 4 years ago. Michigan had a great team until right around the time I moved to Austin. And then while I was sitting there working the front desk at Richard Linklater's Detour Filmproduction, I got the news that Bo Schembechler

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This one's even better. Very touching. Ms. Sally Menke, thanks for all you did.

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This video is a collection of clips in which Inglorious Bastards actors say hi to Sally Menke, QT's editor.

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Did you guys realize that the Dharma Initiative van is IDENTICAL to the van the Libyans drive in Back to the Future? And both are time travel related. Swoon... Also, after all that hoopla about the Lost auction last weekend, I found this online-- Hurley's  rewrite of The Empire Strikes Back. Read it you must.  And yes, I know the show's over and I'm an übergeek for rewatching (did I say I was

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Had a really fun day today as a background actor on ABC's new (upcoming) TV show, My Generation. It's going to be a great show-- I saw clips from the pilot at an Austin Film Society Q&A with the show's executive producer, Noah Hawley. The show is filming in Austin and set in Austin. It's about a group of people who graduated from "Greenbelt High School" in 2000 and it's a mockumentary type thing

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I'm writing a first draft, which is never as easy as you think it'll be.  I'm watching comparable movies to kind of get a feel for the type of movie I'm writing. And it's frustrating. You want first drafts to be the great movie you see in your head. But first drafts are first drafts. Granted, it's absolutely true that sometimes on set or just before you go into production you'll rewrite something

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My cousin's getting married next weekend. I'm supposed to read a poem. This isn't it, but I thought it was nice... UNTITLED  ~ By Christina Rossetti ~ What is the beginning? Love. What the course. Love still. What the goal. The goal is Love. On a happy hill Is there nothing then but Love? Search we sky or earth There is nothing out of Love Hath perpetual worth; All things flag but only Love

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"My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished 2 bags of M&M's and a chocolate cake. I feel better already." - Dave Barry I have a question.So they make garlic pills. They make Omega-3 fish oil pills. They make vitamins and supplements for everything under the sky. I've even heard of cayenne pills.Why can't they make a chocolate

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