Posted: June 22, 2014 | Author: Donald | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Beau Knapp, Brenton Thwaites, Carlyle Eubank, Dakota Fanning, David Frigerio, James Le Gros, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt, Laurence Fishburne, Matt Malloy, Night Moves, Olivia Cooke, Peter Sarsgaard, The Signal, William Eubank | 6 Comments »
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Warning: SPOILERS
Two movies have opened that seem to have never heard of the rule that today your screenplay must begin with a grabber scene, it simply has to. You know, something that happens in the first ten pages that attacks the face and thrusts its whatever it was down your throat like that creature in Alien?
Instead the filmmakers seem to feel that the slow build, the taking the time to create context for the characters and the situation, the use of an approach that invites us along for the ride rather than assaults us, is the more effective way to go. Wow, what a concept. Read the rest of this entry »
