This may not be news to you, dear avid reader of this blog and subscriber of my newsletter. To all you other lurkers, here is the link to my upcoming book STILETTO’s own website. The reason I post this now, is that after a long break from the project, I have managed to clear the […]
Film School Confidential: WORST SCENE EVER
Doing the rewrite of my screenplay for the master class at the Danish Film School has had me thinking a lot about structure and what makes a scene work. For educational purposes I have written a short scene, that DOESN’T work. There are at least 6 screenwriting mistakes in the following, let’s see if you can […]
Film School Confidential: BLADE RUNNER – PART II
In my last post I wrote about Lars Detlefsen’s analysis of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982), but I bet you still have a few questions left. Like “is Deckard a replicant?” Here’s what I already knew: Deckard is NOT a replicant. Several reasons: The original debate came from a script error. In all previous versions […]
Film School Confidential: BLADE RUNNER
We spent the last three days looking at and analyzing my favorite movie of all time; Blade Runner. I’ve watched the film in it’s many versions at least a dozen times, watched the dvd extras, read the book, played the game. What could our fearless leader at the screenwriting education, Lars C. Detlefsen possibly tell […]
Films School Confidential: THE LAST GODFATHER
Monday here at film school began with a moving and personal speech from principal Poul Nesgaard, about his recent high school reunion. The man is an excellent speaker, quirky and intelligent. While he was talking, I realized that this is the last week of regular education here for me and the five other master […]
On the move: HOTEL PARKING
“Hotel Parking”? “Oui, Monsieur”. Didn’t sound right, I had them repeat several times, when I finally made it to the check-in desk after more than an hour. That’s the part I hate about travelling: standing in line. Especially when that woman from Aalborg plowed right in front of me, with her seven passports and special […]