Backstory 5 [[electronic resource] ] : interviews with screenwriters of the 1990s / / edited and with an introduction by Patrick McGilligan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464897103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-77272-4; 9786612772726; 0-520-94547-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): McGilliganPatrick
• Disciplina: 812/.5409
• Soggetti: Screenwriters - California - Los Angeles; Motion picture authorship - California - Los Angeles; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ME GENERATION EVERYMAN -- BREAKING THE RULES -- FEMINIST WITH A FUNNY BONE -- IMAGINATION -- STRAIGHT OUTTA SHERMER -- SINCERITY -- A WRITER UNDER THE INFLUENCE -- THE JOURNEY -- PRIDE OF AUTHORSHIP -- THE NONCONFORMIST -- ADVENTURES IN MOVIES -- FREE SPIRIT -- QUESTING -- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX OF FILMS, PLAYS, AND BOOKS
• Sommario/riassunto: Patrick McGilligan continues his celebrated interviews with exceptional screenwriters in Backstory 5, focusing on the 1990's. The thirteen featured writers-Albert Brooks, Jean-Claude Carrière, Nora Ephron, Ronald Harwood, John Hughes, David Koepp, Richard LaGravenese, Barry Levinson, Eric Roth, John Sayles, Tom Stoppard, Barbara Turner, and Rudy Wurlitzer-are not confined to the 1990's, but their engrossing, detailed, and richly personal stories create, in McGilligan's words, "a snapshot of a profession in motion." Emphasizing the craft of writing and the process of collaboration, this new volume looks at how Hollywood is changing to meet new economic and creative challenges. Backstory 5 explores how these writers come up with their ideas, how they go about adapting a stage play or work of fiction, how they ; organize and structure their work, and much more.