Like a Writer on a Movie Set
The New York Times warns us about the hidden threat from the Writer’s Guild strike:
[During the 1988 writer’s strike], writers were forbidden that year even to write for the Oscar broadcast, leaving presenters to quip for themselves. And it could happen again, for the 80th Academy Awards this coming February.
“People who complain about the humor on awards shows should wait to see what they’re like without writers,” said Bruce Vilanch, the longtime gag writer, Oscars contributor, and, soon, a striking guild member.
In other words, the Oscars could suck this year. Which, as we’re all aware, would represent such a drastic change...
Speaking of writers – Mathew Michael Carnahan has had two films out this year: “The Kingdom” and “Lions for Lambs”. It is interesting to me that in your review of “Lions for Lambs” at NRO you don’t ‘compare and contrast’ Carnahan’s work on Lions with what he did with Kingdom. Based on Kingdom I was hopeful that Lions would be another pumped up action flick. Sorry to hear it’s a snooze.
— David W Holmes · Nov 12, 05:38 PM · #