Can you imagine how Brian Helgeland felt the night after he came up with "Rollo Tomassi"?
Cause it's not in the book. And it's a pretty big problem to solve. How was Exeley gonna know that Dudley killed Vincennes???
If writing is about ideas that's one of the best.
soderbergh could’ve easily pumped out another casino heist picture but instead he made a brilliant and beautiful epic, complete with one of the most romantic sequences ever put to film
The episode of American Vandal where they reconstruct everyone's movements at an out of control high school party via Snapchat and other social media is one of the most ingeniously constructed episodes of television I've ever seen. Criminally underappreciated show.
#writeyourspec
But also — managers, agents, producers — this was a naked spec that got fast tracked cause Netflix was able to go to talent with offers and put together the movie THEY wanted to make.
Fuck packaging. Put the onus on the studios. It’s their job.
@stedavies Although many men have worn skinny pants in history, men in the early 2000s were not using Beau Brummell as their inspiration. Just as you are not wearing a black dress shirt bc of Johnny Cash but bc of your recent divorce.