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A Man Called Otto: The Shooting Script
Otto is a grump who's given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around.
131 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 27, 2023
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January 25, 2024
like experiencing the movie again in shorthand
Reading the screenplay is like experiencing the book or movie again in shorthand.
What’s especially interesting to me are the stage directions. In a play, they’re very brief. Like .. Hamlet enters .. Hamlet exits .. MacDuff brandishes his sword. But in a screenplay they’re like pages from a novel .. Hamlet enters. He is unsure of himself. He doesn’t know what to say or do. He hesitates, watching his uncle pray. To kill or not to kill, that is the question.
You may or may not like the screenplay. But it’s how we get from the novel onto the big screen.
Reading the screenplay is like experiencing the book or movie again in shorthand.
What’s especially interesting to me are the stage directions. In a play, they’re very brief. Like .. Hamlet enters .. Hamlet exits .. MacDuff brandishes his sword. But in a screenplay they’re like pages from a novel .. Hamlet enters. He is unsure of himself. He doesn’t know what to say or do. He hesitates, watching his uncle pray. To kill or not to kill, that is the question.
You may or may not like the screenplay. But it’s how we get from the novel onto the big screen.
July 29, 2024
Loved the humorous thoughts and adjectives author used to present Otto corky ways . Enjoyable audio.
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