tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post3096349126216293941..comments2024-01-27T02:33:23.675-08:00Comments on Beverly in Movieland: My Movie Orgy: Will Fruitville Station Prove Fruitless? Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-63579493620914435292013-08-03T23:06:32.624-07:002013-08-03T23:06:32.624-07:00Mr. C, I like your little swipe at Blake Snyder...Mr. C, I like your little swipe at Blake Snyder's clever but ultimately annoying "Save The Cat" (subtitled "The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need"), which emphasizes formula over craft and imagination. Many in today's Hollywood buy into Snyder's truisms, which may be one reason that most of today's movies are such flops.Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-91093453448057407392013-08-03T20:51:19.605-07:002013-08-03T20:51:19.605-07:00What a terrific movie marathon you went on!
I th...What a terrific movie marathon you went on! <br /><br />I think there will always be an audience for a serious and sober drama like this. It's not going to be a blockbuster - but it will shed light on the story it tells; it will win awards; and it will (eventually) make its money back. <br /><br />We're in a period of fluff over substance - of "tentpole" "event" films full of flash but no fire of humanity - of movies made by executives who do not know film or its language but who can slavishly force the fifteen beats in and save the cat - people in the know seem to feel there will either be something of a swing back to smaller films - or a major schism where event films will be split off into event pricing - like $35 or $50 a ticket - and smaller films like Fruitvale Station will be priced as movie tickets are now. If the latter comes to pass I will be skipping 99.999% of theatrical releases as laying out three digits for my wife and I to see a movie sounds insane - and we're close enough to it now...Craig Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.com