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Millard Kaufman sets a new standard in screenwriting books
Plots and Characters is a Los Angeles Times Bestseller and Los Angeles Magazine's July, 1999 Book Pick of the month.Most screenwriting books are for the blindly ambitious writer, skimming over the grim realities of "making it" in Hollywood and reducing the screenwriting process to no more than a formulaic hack job. Not Plots and Characters, a provocative roadmap to life on and off the screen from twice Academy Award-nominated scribe Millard Kaufman.Kaufman's sketches of the filmmaking menagerie range from hairdressers taking credit for the success or failure of a film to megalomaniacal moguls who spit out barbarisms like bad seeds.Ultimately, Kaufman sets a new standard in screenwriting instruction. From hints on generating excitement to tips on creating memorable (and believeable) characters, Kaufman's advice is rooted in the fundamentals of the craft, yet it is universal enough to appeal to cinephiles and to writers of any medium.Augmenting Kaufman's wise words on the screenwriting process are short essays scattered throughout the text from modern-day screenwriters including Alex Cox, Larry David, Callie Khouri, Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, and Alan Zweibel. The book also includes a photo insert with on-the-set shots from noted still photographer Bob Willoughby and others.Millard Kaufman's film credits include "Bad Day at Black Rock" with Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Lee Marvin, and Ernest Borgnine; "Raintree County" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Eva Marie Saint; and "Never So Few" with Frank Sinatra and Charles Bronson. He is the co-creator of the Mr. Magoo character, a columnist for Scenario Magazine, and has taught screenwriting at USC, Johns Hopkins, and The Sundance Institute, among others.
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- PublisherReally Great Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1893329038
- ISBN 13 9781893329034
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages8
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