Wendy Okoi-Obuli's Lounge Discussions

Funnily enough, a friend and I were talking about the film "Carnage" yesterday, and we both came to the conclusion that we'd have liked it a lot better if we'd seen it on stage (which is what it was originally conceived for).

That's a good conclusion :)

Nicholl's is one of the top contests, good luck with the script :)

I am well aware of that, Dawn. Many thanks! :)

When I'm working on a project, I like to write two versions of it. The first, is what I visualize as the extended version (which will be released on DVD and contain at least 20 minutes of extra footage), the other is the theatrical cut. That's how I like to approach it (BTW: I think DVDs that call themselves extended, but only have 2 minutes of added footage are lame attempts to make cash).

With a bit of figurative spit and polish, we're now looking at 86 pages. Not altogether different, but somewhat superior to the original 83... IMHO.

Wendy I wrote a screenplay that was 43, I was try to do a film that wouldplay in Asis. If the action makes up the words 90 is the goal.

Interesting sounding project. Good luck!

Thanks a lot, I'll take all the luck I can get!

There isn't one!! As the saying goes 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder ' - what is one persons 'greatest' will be another persons 'worst'. I have been very interested in the comments on IMDB recently. Take 'Lawrence of Arabia' for example, it seems absurd to me that some people have reasons to criticize this film, I mean how can they find anything wrong with it?!! But, some do, and I suppose that is part of the great experience in the world of movie making-everyone sees things differently!

Metropolis. Taking into account the vast improvement across the board when it comes to film making since that movie was made. To achieve what they did back then, with what they had in comparison to everything which have been made film wise up until today it is undoubtedly the best movie ever made. In my opinion, he said as if he was some sort of authority on the subject. ;)

thats easy, the first film ever to incorporate sound....

WOW, I can't even attempt to tackle this question. haha :)

Don, you got there first. Anyone who has not seen Metropolis with the original is deficient in their knowledge of movies. Surreal, poignant, dark, hopeful, exciting, dramatic, pensive, inspiring, advanced (for its time), meaningful to all ages, traumatic, prophetic. I have watched it with a 6 year old girl who jumped off her seat yelling at the screen "That's not the REAL Maria!" and with a 44 year old male who two scenes later said "Wait a minute, there are TWO Marias!" Years later I watched it with about a half dozen teens who at first bemoaned watching a silent movie yet THEY paused it repeatedly to have a discussion about particulars such as why the Mayor closed the curtain before the foreman came into the room council room. The other PERFECT movie in my opinion is "The Old Man and the Sea." A few really call me back to the screen. "Five Angry Men" <- the original not the remake. "Rear Window" <-both the original and the remake for different reasons. "Africa Queen"