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Breaking Away
I wrote a little web series about growing up called Dylan Ogden which you can find on this website on my script writing samples page. […]
Lost Highway & Mulholland Drive
I’m not sure David Lynch entirely knows what he’s doing. Lost Highway is a great film, magnetic, compulsive and beautiful. Does it make much sense? […]
Johnny Handsome
There’s a line between Walter Hill, Sam Peckinpah and Don Siegel, all of whom I’ve blogged about before. Don started out making montages for films […]
Eyes Wide Shut
Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut was released in 1999. At the time it was released I had just won a major screenwriting competition and was […]
Hear My Song
Whimsy? I can’t write about whimsy without mentioning Hear My Song. I was lucky enough to meet director Peter Chelsom and talk to him about […]
Local Hero
The next two blogposts are about a uniquely British trait: whimsy. Local Hero directed by Bill Forsyth is one of the greatest British films of […]
Rawhead Rex
What’s so good about a film which is pretty badly written, badly acted, stolidly directed and without any real redeeming features? Not a lot really, […]
State of Grace
Phil Joanu’s State of Grace was released at the same time as Goodfellas. Goodfellas is about the mafia (mainly Italian descent gangsters). State of Grace […]