Monday, July 21, 2014

Famous writers: not always a contradiction in terms

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Writers are nothing of love. This is the conventional wisdom in the case of the film. Even the most brilliant writer struggling to bring an idea to the screen, but their fate is the same indifference and oblivion for the writer, praise and administrator of immortality.

The television and theater are different. Here the authors as the primary creative control and may go on to have successful careers respectful. But adjectives as "successful" and "respectable" to be healthy for the authors. If you are not a writer / director, you can be assured that your name does not even register in the minds of 99% of the viewers of the film.

Sometimes, however, a writer against the wisdom and the recognition of gains and classic hits from his winning personality, reflection on cultural topics of international importance, and physical charm. OK. A writer never recognition for all these things. But when I said that the following writers become famous for its scenery, I will not believe you, right?


Charlie Kaufman is probably the closest thing we have a modern writer thing - that is, someone whose voice seems a work of authorship dominate to leave an indelible creative. Though the leap to writing / directing in 2008 Synecdoche, New York, Kaufman first widely known for his screenplay for Being John Malkovich 1999. Thereafter moviegoers expected IT projects as a screenwriter Kaufman with voltage applied. Kaufman wrote directors like Spike Jonze, George Clooney, and Michel Gondry, but the thread that seemed to weave close conformity to return Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director filmography not particular. It was not that it was the spirit of Charlie Kaufman.


Other authors have succeeded in writing movies, too. Nora Ephron came from a background in journalism. Ephron have contributed to the screenplay for the Watergate thriller All the President's Men (the Bernstein was married). He drew the attention of critics and audiences for his screenplays for films such as Silkwood and When Harry Met Sally before writing and directing films such as Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail. Playing Nora talks about his experiences as a writer Charlie Rose here.


Shane Black is a filmmaker, a writer of attention when he sold his script for Lethal Weapon, in the 1980s, helping one of the most successful action franchises was to start. Black became a symbol of trust, the most financially successful writer and his directorial debut with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005.

Although Dustin Lance Black (no known relationship with Shane Black) had some experience writing and directing, notoriety and fame he gained after winning the 2008 Oscar for best original screenplay for Milk. In 2011, Dustin Lance Black wrote the Clint Eastwood directs J. Edgar and his name was a turning point in the marketing of film distribution.

What does this mean? Writer living in a time where they are loved and admired? It's just something that was made into a movie to write? A good movie? An object of worship in the middle of a circle of family or friends - the authors who will face the disappointment and rejection of a due date will be? No, it just means to do as a writer is difficult, but if you are lucky enough to be a dream of writing movies are to be pursued, there are some stars on the horizon for help.

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