PATRICK HAMILTON

Great article here on Patrick Hamilton and his relationship with cinema.  

http://www.cine-city.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/HangoverSquare_AW1.pdf

THE SCIENCE OF STORYTELLING

“Human minds yield helplessly to the suction of story. No matter how hard we concentrate, no matter how deep we dig in our heels, we just can’t resist the gravity of alternate worlds.”

From The Storytelling Animal: The Science of How We Came To Live and Breathe Stories by Jonathan Gottschall

Some really good advice to indie filmmakers here (from Filmmaker magazine):

http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/news/2012/05/15-steps-to-take-after-you-finish-your-script/

(via Werner Herzog’s Note To His Cleaning Lady)

MORE PROCRASTINATION

PROCRASTINATION!

PETER GREENAWAY AT 70

I think Peter Greenaway is one of the British film-makers who fired my early interest in film. I remember meeting him when he came to speak to my university Film Society and I wondered at the range references embedded in his films like A Draughtsman Contract, which I loved.

Greenaway started his career making films for the COI and this extract marks one of his early collaborations with composer Michael Nyman.

INTERVIEW WITH LEGENDARY FILM EDITOR JIM CLARK

http://www.writersguild.org.uk/podcasts/282-an-interview-with-film-editor-jim-clark

GET INTO THE STORY  are running an interesting series of articles on the briliant screenplay for Michael Clayton (http://gointothestory.blcklst.com/2012/03/gits-script-reading-and-analysis-series-michael-clayton.html).

Here’s what writer Tony Gilroy had to say about the script:

‘As much paranoia and danger as there is in Michael Clayton, the biggest danger to him is the villain inside him.’