tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post891213355437254528..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: You are not TarantinoThe Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-54297173684330134572014-03-17T08:19:58.482-07:002014-03-17T08:19:58.482-07:00Question:
Are you trying to BE Tarantino?
Or Are...Question:<br /><br />Are you trying to BE Tarantino?<br /><br />Or Are you BEING Troy Duffy?<br /><br />:DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067679672377212583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-14041889422583125682013-03-02T18:15:05.842-08:002013-03-02T18:15:05.842-08:00We have neither seen a Tarantino after Tarantino n...We have neither seen a Tarantino after Tarantino nor a Pulp Fiction after Pulp Fiction..that is enough proof of how true this article is..good oneBhavadashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16255090710051825703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-13256851174570760132013-03-01T08:26:52.039-08:002013-03-01T08:26:52.039-08:00So, I said I'd respond to this article with a ...So, I said I'd respond to this article with a piece of my own. And, here it is.<br /><br />It's over at Scriptmag and the link is:<br /><br />http://www.scriptmag.com/features/columns/alt-script-you-are-not-tarantino-or-kevin-smith<br /><br />It's about the same issues presented from the perspective of alt-cinemafilmutopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03692735284916421445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-53160684313956623892013-02-28T05:48:18.700-08:002013-02-28T05:48:18.700-08:00"if you want to break all the rules... then y..."if you want to break all the rules... then you need to make piece with something - not everyone will love you."<br /><br />By which, of course, you mean "P.E.A.C.E."<br /><br />Sorry, couldn't resist.The Wendilicious Wonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06380114669771631713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-74213152759609739712013-02-28T05:33:19.393-08:002013-02-28T05:33:19.393-08:00"Some insider like me tells writers that typo..."Some insider like me tells writers that typos on the first page are a tipoff that the writer doesn't know what they're talking about..."<br /><br />"...if you want to break all the rules as he did and assemble them your own way, then you need to make PIECE with something..."<br /><br />"...and when he did, that guy went to the MATT for the work because it spoke directly to him."<br /><br />Great article, but you may want to correct that. Or leave it in to be ironic. :)Joseph Parcellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13972466856072685220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-12127139459084957112013-02-28T05:28:56.363-08:002013-02-28T05:28:56.363-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Joseph Parcellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13972466856072685220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-42942097235108196022013-02-25T12:01:46.369-08:002013-02-25T12:01:46.369-08:00Tarantino became his own brand and is not compared...Tarantino became his own brand and is not compared to any other. He is the film version of DR. Frankenstein and his ability to extract specific emotions from his audience is so powerful a need for him -- his movies are becoming part of the social commentary.<br /><br />His admission to this at the oscars shows me he's eventually going to do a sic-fi movie, you watch, where he can explore themes he has yet to mine for.<br /><br />R.N.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513325599318764316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-87366630386281462852013-02-25T02:31:27.315-08:002013-02-25T02:31:27.315-08:00This is a very interesting article. There are a lo...This is a very interesting article. There are a lot of important points here, and on one level I agree with your conclusions, in so much as they represent the views of an industry insider, whose job is to filter scripts.<br />My perspective is slightly different. My interests are in screenwriting from the POV of alt-cinema.<br />Rather than get into a complex subject here, I's rather respond to the issues in this piece in a separate article. I'll shoot you a link when it's published.<br />However, just to give you an idea of my perspective, it's primarily about the way in which the "rules" which the industry applies to filter scripts today, were primarily developed by past mavericks. It's about the relationship between what the industry believes at any given moment, and how that's altered by successful independents challenging the rules of their period in cinema history.<br />Fundamentally, I believe we're both trying to get writers to understand the same thing, but from different positions. You're telling them that the industry needs their scripts to conform to the rules, in order to stand any chance of getting through the filtering system, unless the script is both exceptional and the writer is very, very lucky. What I want writers to understand is that the industry needs us to break the rules, and to create scripts and movies that confound current thinking, but we shouldn't expect it to finance our experiments. Where I think a lot of writers go wrong, is in wanting to be mavericks, but expecting the mainstream industry to pay them to do that. Maverick screenwriters have to be better than spec screen writers, and they also have to be prepared to prove to audiences and the industry that they are worth listening to.filmutopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03692735284916421445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-18897299091509336982013-02-19T15:19:42.152-08:002013-02-19T15:19:42.152-08:00The comments for screenwriters has come true by Q&...The comments for screenwriters has come true by Q's examples of his script format. Beginning, middle and end doesn't apply if you crafted the script to capture the reader. I despise being told the first ten pages must open to some story concept that promises a Hell of a Ride. Yeah...Ok some truth there, however don't be short changed if you develop the character arch, backstory, grittiness and tone of the film script before explosions and car chases. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-49006551498586421412013-02-19T15:09:14.720-08:002013-02-19T15:09:14.720-08:00Great article, but all the love for Reservoir Dogs...Great article, but all the love for Reservoir Dogs (classic movie) makes me wonder if nobody else has ever seen City On Fire?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180520342079092313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-43646859792832497692013-02-19T13:13:17.504-08:002013-02-19T13:13:17.504-08:00Thanks for the posts over the years that have been...Thanks for the posts over the years that have been informative, funny, and most of all enjoyable. I saw Resevoir dogs in the theaters and i left hooked. It took about eight years for me to revisit that initial seed of an idea but Tarrantino was always an inspiration and I can even say i never tried to ape him, I knew i needed my own voice; his was to hard to copy. <br /><br />Chris Mcq. has that same kind of gravitational pull in his scripts. <br /><br />R.N. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513325599318764316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-24406186724217360332013-02-19T13:11:23.397-08:002013-02-19T13:11:23.397-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513325599318764316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-34815047895758292742013-02-19T01:16:29.432-08:002013-02-19T01:16:29.432-08:00Richard Gladstein's interview on the Pulp Fict...Richard Gladstein's interview on the Pulp Fiction XX documentary is hilarious. The stuff of Hollywood lore. <br /><br />Also worth noting: Tarantino's rise to glory (getting "rule breaking" material made) happened after he directed one of his own dialogue-drenched scripts himself. He had to SHOW his critics how it was done with Reservoir Dogs (his shortest script in page length, I believe) before studios could imagine the translation of his other 150-page opuses to screen. Bam, a sliver of success and all those "fucks" didn't seem so foul; True Romance and Natural Born Killers sell and go into production. <br /><br />Timing, as we all know, is also incalculable. It was the 90's, when a renaissance in independent voices was exploding in film, from festivals into mainstream success. Would Tarantino's rule-breaking scripts anonymously find a home in today's comics-TV-book adaptations and remakes market? A voice that strong cannot be denied, but again, probably not via a manager/agent pitching like there's no tomorrow. Does Pulp Fiction even get to Gladstein without Tarantino first directing Reservoir Dogs (showing those words in all their power and glory)? I think RD opened doors Tarantino's scripts never could have gotten through on their own.<br /><br />It's a valuable post. Tarantino is the default defense for sensitive writers who can't take feedback. What they often forget is QT didn't give a fuck who could or couldn't see his vision because hell or high water he would SHOW us all via Keitel's shoestring investors. A major issue for 99.999% of holier than thou screenwriters: they don't posses QT's directing chops to slice through the doubters. <br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17020877365675094496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-11394375835796723982013-02-19T00:29:55.669-08:002013-02-19T00:29:55.669-08:00Best article EVER, Bitter Script Reader,
I'm ...Best article EVER, Bitter Script Reader,<br /><br />I'm a HUGE fan of Quentin Tarantino. Was really looking forward to meeting "the Q" at a recent Sherwood Oaks Experimental College event, but "the Q" was a no-show, Sherwood Oaks gets a lot of those. Even tried to make him a promotional t-shirt (like I was wearing only featuring stuff he'd written) but the folks at Custom Ink want his permission to do so, and I didn't have that. FYI 5 custom shirts would have cost me $150. But for the chance to impress "the Q" I would have gladly paid it.<br /><br />The guy's just a maverick. I LOVE the fact that Quentin Tarantino is his own brand. There is no other like him, he's unique. And that's saying a lot. <br /><br />My favorite Quentin Tarantino movie of all-time is "Reservior Dogs." That movie helped me structure the plot for I spec. I wrote many years ago entitled, "The Judas Project." <br /><br />Long live Quentin Tarantino. He's one of the best things going in Hollywood right now.<br /><br />- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WA Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-84524735936130805192013-02-19T00:18:08.756-08:002013-02-19T00:18:08.756-08:00fuck yeahfuck yeahxtheseusxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00876594736523028396noreply@blogger.com