Comments on: Number 55,384 With A Bullet http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/ culture blogging for the good of the planet Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:42:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: newcritics - » And the Oscar doesn’t go to… http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/#comment-773 newcritics - » And the Oscar doesn’t go to… Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:11:22 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/#comment-773 [...] Oscar weekend continues here at newcritics, with posts by M.A. Peel writing about Peter O’Toole, Claire Helene reviewing the nominees for best live and animated short films, Stephen Manzi on the Oscar acceptance speech he never got to deliver and the screenplay he co-wrote that was the reason he didn’t get to deliver it, Tom Watson on the glamor and glory that was Hollywood, and me. [...] [...] Oscar weekend continues here at newcritics, with posts by M.A. Peel writing about Peter O’Toole, Claire Helene reviewing the nominees for best live and animated short films, Stephen Manzi on the Oscar acceptance speech he never got to deliver and the screenplay he co-wrote that was the reason he didn’t get to deliver it, Tom Watson on the glamor and glory that was Hollywood, and me. [...]

]]> By: Ken Houghton http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/#comment-764 Ken Houghton Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:34:56 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/#comment-764 Sorry for the brain short-circuit; was thinking of the co-screenwriter of <em>To Have and Have Not</em>, of course. Sorry for the brain short-circuit; was thinking of the co-screenwriter of To Have and Have Not, of course.

]]> By: Ken Houghton http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/#comment-763 Ken Houghton Sun, 25 Feb 2007 05:30:58 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/#comment-763 Pleasantville, home of Reader's Digest and neighboring town of the Clintons, is a fine place to be. Writers also cannot protect their writing from editors, proofreaders, copyeditors, typesetters, designers, and cover artists (all of whom, it should be noted, also are professionals doing their job). It's why the co-screenwriter of <em>Winter Carnival</em> spoke of "creat[ing] out of the materials of the human spirit something which did not exist before." Not all inventions are used as they were originally intended. The creation is none the less. Pleasantville, home of Reader’s Digest and neighboring town of the Clintons, is a fine place to be.

Writers also cannot protect their writing from editors, proofreaders, copyeditors, typesetters, designers, and cover artists (all of whom, it should be noted, also are professionals doing their job). It’s why the co-screenwriter of Winter Carnival spoke of “creat[ing] out of the materials of the human spirit something which did not exist before.”

Not all inventions are used as they were originally intended. The creation is none the less.

]]> By: Claire Helene http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/#comment-753 Claire Helene Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:13:57 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/#comment-753 I think (and I'm just guessing here), that making art of any sort and showing it to the public is hard enough. I can't imagine the agony of creating something only to have someone else mangle it. Because you're name is still on it, even if it no longer your vision. You've got to be a lot braver than me. I think (and I’m just guessing here), that making art of any sort and showing it to the public is hard enough. I can’t imagine the agony of creating something only to have someone else mangle it. Because you’re name is still on it, even if it no longer your vision. You’ve got to be a lot braver than me.

]]> By: Maud Newton: Blog http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/#comment-751 Maud Newton: Blog Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:52:06 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/#comment-751 [...] The lovely Blue Girl hosts an Oscar weekend at New Critics. Elsewhere, Ed Champion gathers bloggers and critics. I’m with Mark: never again. [...] [...] The lovely Blue Girl hosts an Oscar weekend at New Critics. Elsewhere, Ed Champion gathers bloggers and critics. I’m with Mark: never again. [...]

]]> By: blue girl http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/#comment-749 blue girl Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:41:56 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/24/number-55384-with-a-bullet/#comment-749 Well, I really want to see <i>Steve's Film.</i> I've never liked those old, stuffy, snotty, hoity toity critics and the way they can bash someone's hot fudge sundae. About the things you learned, Steve... <i>Writers cannot protect their scripts from actors, directors, and producers who are all intent on making the movie their own.</i> When I learned that that was true (not that I have firsthand experience, just learned it from some interview or something some time with someone when I was in my late teens) I thought that was the *most* unfair thing to a writer <i>ever.</i> Still do. The all grown up, jaded blue girl should say, <i>Well, that's life. Not fair, ya know. That's the way it goes.</i> But, the idealistic blue girl says, <i>What a total crock, *raspberries.*</i> Well, I really want to see Steve’s Film. I’ve never liked those old, stuffy, snotty, hoity toity critics and the way they can bash someone’s hot fudge sundae.

About the things you learned, Steve…

Writers cannot protect their scripts from actors, directors, and producers who are all intent on making the movie their own.

When I learned that that was true (not that I have firsthand experience, just learned it from some interview or something some time with someone when I was in my late teens) I thought that was the *most* unfair thing to a writer ever. Still do.

The all grown up, jaded blue girl should say, Well, that’s life. Not fair, ya know. That’s the way it goes.

But, the idealistic blue girl says, What a total crock, *raspberries.*

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