I have a deep love for the "Quentin Tarantino carves a turkey sketch" from Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (which, incidentally, is never shown on screen).
It's an advanced class in writing comedy, writing violence, and the role of the audience's imagination in storytelling.
#EndlessNight (2022, Belgium, on Netflix) also reminds me in a way of #Flatliners: a group of friends break a medical taboo of "forbidden knowledge" and chaos ensues. Is this a horror subgenre and does it have a name? Or is it all just a variation on the Prometheus & Genesis stories?
“The power and control we are capable of exerting over one another has always fascinated me, and I think when you force your characters to make difficult decisions in heightened environments you see the worst but also the best of humanity.”
—Rachelle Atalla on dystopia, inspiration, & the difference between writing for page & screen
Many years ago William Boyd (the author) was told by a friend of his (a scriptwriter), that the difference between writing a novel & a screenplay was like the difference between swimming in the sea & swimming in a swimming pool.
I wonder how many other areas of creativity also might be described by this metaphorical distinction?