All posts tagged "good will hunting"
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A Proper Collaboration: Joaquin Phoenix and Gus Van Sant’s Big Step Forward in Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot
In the 33 years since he made his first feature, the now classic Mala Noche, director Gus Van Sant has occupied a rare position in...
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First Draft: What Are Friends For? The Importance of a Reflection Character
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Stories are built on a foundation of desire and conflict....
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First Draft: Revealing The Wounds of Your Screenplay’s Hero
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. At the beginning of your screenplay, your hero should be...
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Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in 2014, Big Cities: #6. Boston
It’s MovieMaker’s 2014 edition of the Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker! We’re counting down through our Top 10 Big Cities, Top 5...
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Things I’ve Learned: Gus Van Sant’s Six Golden Rules of Moviemaking
Gus Van Sant is one of America’s most heralded, iconic independent auteurs. Based in Portland, Oregon, the low-key Van Sant has written, directed, produced and/or...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles are just a handful...
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Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid Antarctic waters as...
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How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s cancer diagnosis hidden...