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Favorite Screenwriting Device No. 42 - The Sympathetic Listener
Favorite Screenwriting Device No. 42 - The Sympathetic Listener
Zooey Deschanel (above) and Casey Affleck (below) in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Much has been written about the scene in There Will Be Blood in which Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) confesses his innermost feelings to his purported half-brother, Henry Brands (Kevin J. O’Connor). "I have a competition in me," says Plainview, "I want no else to ...
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Film Experience Blog — ... Onion "CGI Team Creates Realistic Oscar..." [thx] Also... Mondo Musicals is doing a whole series of posts on Little Shop of Horrors. A good time for it too, what with Ellen Greene's resurgence on Pushing Daisies. I love "Little Shop" -can't tell you how many times I've listened to the CD over the years. 'Feed me Mondo, feed me (posts) all night long. You can do it...' Bright Lights After Dark on the "sympathetic listener" in film Scott, To Be Certain thinks Tilda Swinton ...

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Mystery Man on Film — ... an almost dreamlike meditation with visual symmetries and narrative rhymes,/ writes Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian.” (Thanks to GreenCine.) Fitzgerald stories optioned Jerry Rapp adapting for the screen Mandate nabs Brosh McKenna script 'Prada' scribe sells untitled romantic comedy Favorite Screenwriting Device No. 42 - The Sympathetic Listener ...

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