GF at 2010-01-03 04:51:02:
Saving this for a listen this evening, but thanks for turning up an unexpected treat on one of my favourite screenwriters.
Does anyone on here still read many older scripts and find them of value? Or even just fun? I remember the first time I read Citizen Kane (in Pauline Kael's book) and being thrilled by it, but I was also shocked recently when Carson over at Scriptshadow mentioned in his review of Best Actress that he'd never seen a Joan Crawford or Bette Davis movie. Is the general view that these films and scripts are of no practical use to a working or budding screenwriter in 2010? Does the modern canon start around Die Hard with even Chinatown seen as a bit of an oldie now? Just wondering.
Happy New Year to Scott and everyone here on GITS. Good luck with your projects this year.
(I don't suppose anyone has a PDF of Brackett's script for The Long Goodbye kicking around? Would love to compare it with the final cut.)