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- "I loved the idea of being in another world, and anything that could transport me to another world is what I became interested in."
- "Gradually, I saw that the medium of film could accommodate both my interests in science and art."
- "I’ve always known that people seek out the information and knowledge they need. They seek it and find it. It’s like a divining rod to water; nobody will give you the pathway.
- "From a writing standpoint, the things that interested me the most were the characters."
- What Are The Best Screenplays Ever written?
- The 101 Greatest Screenplays Ever Written
- The 101 Greatest Screenplays of The 21st Century
- Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind
- Casablanca
- Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
- Chinatown
- Get Out
Now, it’s important to mention that such a question is (of course!) subjective. There are many factors that might influence the way that any given person thinks about the subject. Even with a list of structural and stylistic elements to consider, the process of choosing the best screenplaysis a personal one. For instance, your thoughts on the subje...
Polled from its members on the East and West coasts, the WGA’s list is “nothing short of a 20th-century canon”. Featuring English language screenplaysacross several genres and time periods, the list includes the work of renowned screenwriters such as: 1. Billy Wilder 2. Woody Allen 3. Francis Ford Coppola 4. John Huston In regard to determining ‘th...
Fifteen years later, the WGA released a second list: the 101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (*so far). This latest list featured a diverse array of writers as well as translations of foreign language screenplayssuch as: 1. City of God(2002), written by Bráulio Mantovani 2. Spirited Away(2001), written by Hayao Miyazaki 3. Roma (2018), wri...
Sticking broadly to the list of attributes as set out at the beginning of the article, let’s start by looking at a fantastic high-concept screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. But first, what do we mean by ‘high concept’? So what makes Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind a high-concept film? The story began with an abstract thought e...
Next up, let’s look at a revered classic: Michael Curtiz’s beloved wartime romance Casablanca. As with any other screenplay on this list, there’s far more to be praised than can be covered in so few words. So let’s narrow our focus and examine Casablancain regard to its use of conflict. The story is that of Rick Blaine, a cynical expatriate in Fren...
Another screenplay with great characterisation is the 1969 western, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The story is a loose dramatization of the real bandits’ lives and the fall of their criminal gang. It follows Butch and Sundance as they take on a string of robberies, quickly gaining notoriety and becoming hunted by a relentless posse of lawmen ...
Robert Towne’s Chinatown, is another screenplay that comes close to taking the title of ‘Greatest Screenplay Ever Written’. Let’s focus particularly on visual motifs and thematic foreshadowing. Chinatownis a neo-noir detective mystery centring on Jake Gittes, a private detective hired to investigate a case of suspected infidelity. Before long, howe...
Leaping forward to the 2010s, another fantastic screenplay worth analyzing is writer-director Jordan Peele’s Get Out. In this section, we’ll discuss the social themes raised in the screenplay as well as its use of symbolism. Described by Peele as a “social thriller”, Get Outis a psychological horror film about Chris, a young African-American man, m...
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- Night of the Demon (1957, Jacques Tourneur) Based on James’s story ‘Casting the Runes,’ Night of the Demon is usually the first thing that comes to mind when discussing M. R. James and cinema.
- Whistle and I’ll Come to You (1968, Jonathan Miller) Whistle and I’ll Come to You was the first of a series of M.R. James adaptations filmed by the BBC.
- The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1970, Piers Haggard) In 17th century England, a farmer uncovers a strange, non-human skull while ploughing a field. He tries to show the skull to the local judge but is rebuffed when the skull disappears.
- A Warning to the Curious (1972, Lawrence Gordon Clark) A Warning to the Curious was the second M.R. James adaptation to be filmed as part of the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas series.
Dec 20, 2021 · James’s heady novella is arguably the most successful ghost story ever written, at least in terms of creative responses to it. A cursory glance over IMDb entries reveals over two dozen screen adaptations, and that’s before including filmed versions of the chamber opera of the story by composer Benjamin Britten.
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Apr 22, 2024 · James Harold Screen Stories and Moral Understanding . 1 . Audiences’ Role in Generating Moral Understanding: Screen Stories as Sites for Interpretative Communities . In debates over artistic interpretation, the idea that the audience has a significant role to play in determining a work’s meaning is a familiar, if contentious, one.
Aug 24, 2023 · This book discusses the conditions under which stories we view on screens—movies, streamed series, and television—can lead to moral understanding.
