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- ROBERT TOWNE. Robert Towne wrote Chinatown (1974), the greatest ever film about Los Angeles. Intriguingly, it is not a film about the film industry, LA’s greatest employer, but one about the very foundation of the city itself – how it was literally created out of a desert, but only by stealing water from the farmland that once surrounded it.
- WILLIAM GOLDMAN. William Goldman died recently, which allowed the world to pay tribute to one of the greatest ever chroniclers of Hollywood, both on and off the screen.
- FRANCES MARION. Despite often being described as “the greatest ever female screenwriter”, today Frances Marion sadly enjoys little of the cultural kudos enjoyed by any of the writers (such as Ben Hecht or Herman J. Mankiewicz) who could lay claim to the title of the “greatest ever male screenwriter”.
- DAN O’BANNON. Dan O’Bannon is one of the relatively unsung heroes of the great wave of sci-fi movies that began to be made in Los Angeles in the early to mid-1970s and ended up conquering the world, to the extent that sci-fi (if we include “Superhero Movies” under that broad heading) is now probably the dominant cinematic genre of the 21 century.
Oct 9, 2024 · In 2022, Los Angeles made 228 of 1,040 released productions. Broken down by genre, viewers in 2023 got 31 fewer TV series, seven fewer TV movies, two fewer theatrical films, and five fewer ...
Jan 19, 2024 · Screenplays, or Scripts, are written works by screenwriters for a film, television program, or video game. These screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expressions, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated. The Library has a collection of many hardcopy scripts ...
- Georgina Garcia Campos
- 2019
Sep 26, 2024 · 50 of the Best Screenplays to Read and Download in Every Genre (Script Reader Pro) Downloadable scripts for contemporary films in five main genre categories: Drama, Comedy, Action/Adventure, Thriller and Horror. Go Into the Story. From The Blacklist, including a list of downloadable movie scripts. Horror Lair.
- Diana King
- 2008
Sep 4, 2024 · Sept. 4, 2024 6:30 AM PT. Franklin Leonard’s the Black List, a platform that highlights the best unproduced scripts for film, television and theater, is expanding into the world of fiction ...
- samantha.masunaga@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
LACMA is now preparing for the construction of its new building for the permanent collection, which will include a new state-of-the-art theater with greater projection and sound capabilities. Throughout construction, FILM at LACMA programs will continue in collaboration with a variety of partners at venues throughout Los Angeles County.
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