Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Are you ready for the summer?

I've created a self-imposed Summer Reading List in preparation for school. It is as follows:
Screenplays:
Adaptation by Charlie Kaufman
Blood Simple by Ethan & Joel Coen
Chinatown by Robert Towne
Magnolia by Paul Thomas Anderson
Miller's Crossing by Ethan & Joel Coen
Natural Born Killers (The Original Screenplay) by Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino
Raising Arizona by Ethan & Joel Coen
Rushmore by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson

Books on Screenplays:
Screenplay by Syd Field 
The Screenwriter's Workbook by Syd Field
Story by Robert McKee

If I have time before the beginning of school I also have some rejected screenplays. Michael Chabon's Spider-Man 2 script and Frank Darabont's script for the new Indy film. This list coupled with my installing of Final Draft on my laptop should help with my formatting and writing of screenplays. Hopefully...