The New Screenwriter Looks at the New Screenwriter [Paperback]

William Froug (Author)

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Complementing his 1971 book, The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter ( LJ 8/72), teacher, teleplay writer, and producer Froug interviews 13 contemporary movie and TV writers plus two agents, including Dan O'Bannon ( Alien , 1979), Anna Hamilton Phelan ( Gorillas in the Mist , 1988), Jack Epps Jr. and Jim Cash ( Dick Tracy , 1990), and Diane Frolov (TV's Alien Nation and Northern Exposure ). Despite praise for several weak films and a discriminatory lapse labeling Top Gun (1986) "art," this is an enlightening and entertaining guide for prospective writers as well as the casual moviegoer. Director versus writer, movies versus TV, film school versus solo writing, scene arrangement--these issues and more are addressed. Recommended.
-Kim Holston, American Inst. for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, Malvern, Pa.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 369 pages
• Publisher: Silman-James Press; 1st edition (October 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879505045
• ISBN-13: 978-1879505049
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,200,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing sequel, May 30, 2000

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Faisal A. Qureshi (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The New Screenwriter Looks at the New Screenwriter (Paperback)

Froug's follows up his first book with a average sequel. He interviews quite a few 'new' screenwriters including Dan O' Bannon (Alien), Daniel Pyne(White Sands), Greg Widen(Highlander) and the writing duo of Jack Epps and Jim Cash (the original writers of Top Gun). These writers are succesful, talented but they don't really have that much to say about screenwriting.

One of the appeal of the first book was to read interviews with writers who had already written classics such as 'The Apartment' and 'The Great Escape'. To hear what they thought about the process of screenwriting. With this book, it mostly concentrates on the interviewees careers. A real mixed bag but still well worth exploring.