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Australian feature film stories are too parochial. I have already written about how our stories could be made more original and more substantive. Today I will advance why our stories need to be universal as well. by Steven Fernandez A second story concept about racism could be set in a contemporary urban setting. Suppose we have … Read more
Story & Structure :: About Backstory :: Retiring The Scorpion and The Frog :: Screenwriter Interview – Simon Beaufoy :: “The Hunger Games,” Hollywood, and Fighting F*ck Toys Script Perfection :: Screenwriting Tips: Render Your Setting the Way Your Protagonist Sees It :: Parenthetical or Personal Directions :: Do What I Say… :: Filmmakers, Get … Read more
The Deep Blue Sea Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson This melodrama set in post-war London starts with Hester (Rachel Weisz) trying to kill herself in a traditionally genteel 1950s way – with gas. Perhaps it’s to avoid having to star in the rest of this rather glacial film, and it represents the high … Read more
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Mercifully Short Review by Jonathan Empson Fisheries boffin Fred Jones (Ewan McGregor) doesn’t suffer fools gladly, so when Harriet (Emily Blunt), a sheik’s UK adviser, asks him to head a project to bring salmon to the Yemen for sport fishing, he tells her to sling her hook. Then the … Read more
Australian feature film stories are too parochial. I have already written about how our stories could be made more original and more substantive. Today I will advance why our stories need to be universal as well. by Steven Fernandez Some (if not most) local screenwriters see themselves as champions of local culture when they write loads … Read more