Hi Marvin, I have a pal who was an off Broadway playwright and even he when he went to films was astonished. I made the huge mistake of telling a former HBO producer who produced my friends series , L...
Hi Marvin, I have a pal who was an off Broadway playwright and even he when he went to films was astonished. I made the huge mistake of telling a former HBO producer who produced my friends series , Laurel Ave., of that and not knowing his wife is a theater producer and playwright. Foot in mouth disease. I rallied back by saying it's a different crowd, movie peeps pay 10 bucks, theater peeps pay 100 bucks, different socio economic strata and the whole nine yards. Nothing wrong with rich, hell I'd like to be one day, but the mindset of the people is different, a little more arrogance, a tad more rarefied air breathing, you know the deal...lol :-)
I heard the original idea and script for VALKYRIE was ripped off from an Australian guy. He didn't bother pursuing it because he thought he would have no chance.
Playwrights have the ultimate control of their material. They hire/fire and can close down production if someone changes a single word of their written words. Jack Warner, (guess the studio), didn't w...
Playwrights have the ultimate control of their material. They hire/fire and can close down production if someone changes a single word of their written words. Jack Warner, (guess the studio), didn't want screenwriters to exercise the same level of control over film production, so he made it his ambition to relegate screenwriters to the lowest level people in film. (Most screenwriters are not even allowed on film sets). Yet, without screenwriters, there is no film industry, nobody works.
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@ Michael, Historically, it is alleged that Playwright's are to blame for the treatment of screenwriters.
Hi Marvin, I have a pal who was an off Broadway playwright and even he when he went to films was astonished. I made the huge mistake of telling a former HBO producer who produced my friends series , L...
Expand commentHi Marvin, I have a pal who was an off Broadway playwright and even he when he went to films was astonished. I made the huge mistake of telling a former HBO producer who produced my friends series , Laurel Ave., of that and not knowing his wife is a theater producer and playwright. Foot in mouth disease. I rallied back by saying it's a different crowd, movie peeps pay 10 bucks, theater peeps pay 100 bucks, different socio economic strata and the whole nine yards. Nothing wrong with rich, hell I'd like to be one day, but the mindset of the people is different, a little more arrogance, a tad more rarefied air breathing, you know the deal...lol :-)
Re-reading your comment, I'm curious for further explanation, Marvin. Are playwrights more arrogant as well?
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I heard the original idea and script for VALKYRIE was ripped off from an Australian guy. He didn't bother pursuing it because he thought he would have no chance.
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Playwrights have the ultimate control of their material. They hire/fire and can close down production if someone changes a single word of their written words. Jack Warner, (guess the studio), didn't w...
Expand commentPlaywrights have the ultimate control of their material. They hire/fire and can close down production if someone changes a single word of their written words. Jack Warner, (guess the studio), didn't want screenwriters to exercise the same level of control over film production, so he made it his ambition to relegate screenwriters to the lowest level people in film. (Most screenwriters are not even allowed on film sets). Yet, without screenwriters, there is no film industry, nobody works.