Interview – The Story Department

[Video]: David Goyer on Reinventing Superman

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:27:42 +0000

How do you make us care about a character who is invulnerable? In an on-set interview with the prolific action writer/producer (Man of Steel, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Blade), David S Goyer recounts how he used his own life experiences to forge humanizing connections with a seemingly untouchable protagonist.

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[Video]: Baz Luhrmann’s Gatsby

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 02:00:14 +0000

Australia’s legendary writer-director Baz Luhrmann (Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Australia) discusses family life, reinventing the classics through unlocking inner voice, and what it means to desire the untouchable.

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[Video]: Small and Weak – Judd Apatow

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:01:26 +0000

Writer-director Judd Apatow (The Forty Year Old Virgin, Freaks and Geeks, Anchorman, and many more) discusses being the small kid in the playground, learning to write comedy for standups, and making art that matters.

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[Video]: Alex Garland on subverting Judge Dredd

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:00:40 +0000

Alex Garland (writer of the iconic 28 Days Later) talks about why writing a fascist cop protagonist contains the seeds of its own subversion, how to make him a functional anti-hero, and the relationship between comic books and film.

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