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Originally Posted by Webby
Hehe... small world!  Have you been writing for specific projects or speculative? Used to quite like collaborating on scripting - character development and motivational stuff (it's also the cheapest and coolest part of any project process - ya can change the whole scenario and it costs only time - it's like therapy!! When shooting starts it's kinda costly ) |
Been Christmas shopping all day and just saw your post!
I've been writing screenplays for 17 years (since I was 14). I write almost exclusively in the horror genre. Pretty much all of it has been for pleasure and preparation for producing them myself in the future. I did have a deal collapse with a Birmingham (UK) studio that was promising. They wanted an asylum-based horror. At the time it was the vogue and, though I'm biased, I believe I approached it in a new way. Location fell through, however, and next came financing. I have a younger brother heading to film school next year (doing media at college right now) and a heap of ideas, work and enthusiasm, so as soon as I have finances in place I plan on making horror movies. More than likely whatever movie I make - irrespective of genre - will be horrific!
On a different subject, you've had an amazing career so far! I was only telling my Dad about it an hour ago. He's a big Bond fan too (who isn't?). Would have been great to meet Lean, let alone be lectured by him! Being an Englishman (there are very few of us left ... what remains,on the whole, are creatures knows as Brits) I've been a huge fan ever since watching Oliver Twist as a kid every Christmas! You've got to admire his use of landscapes and almost compulsive precision (so much more to say, but not enough hours in the day)! Doctor Zhivago was one of many movies that almost convinced me to stop writing, it was just so infuriatingly perfect. Don Siegel ... I would have been a groupie in his class.
Invasion was one of 4 movies that had me scared as a kid; the others were Bride of Frankenstein, The Night of the Hunter and - of all movies - Wizard of Oz. Invasion was THE seminal sci-fi/ horror of the 50s. And the great thing about growing up in the 80s was getting to watch it and record it off TV before I'd even hit the big one-oh! As a kid the references to McCarthyism were lost on me, but I got the most frightening theme : shits going down, you know shits going down ... but no one believes you.
If we ever cross paths, you better let me buy you a drink or two (hundred)!