May 25, 2014
What can be gleamed from the substantial rewrite of a famed spec?
Stu and Chas look at AMERICAN BULLSH*T (the 2010 Black List spec script by Eric Warren Singer) and the film it became… AMERICAN HUSTLE (co-written and directed by David O'Russell), which garnered 10 Oscar nominations in 2014.
With both Singer and...
May 11, 2014
Can one scene be the key to unlocking the whole story?
Stu and Chas are joined once again by the inestimable Stephen Cleary to explore his idea of 'key scenes'. Scenes like the diner scene in HEAT. Or the boardroom showdown in MARGIN CALL. These scenes are not only key to a film, they can also be key to developing a...