If you're into this sort of stuff, there are some great LEGAL links here to current screenplays.
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-screenplays-the-master-silver-linings-playbook-and-quartet/
Enjoy.
Downloadable screenplays
Cheers Lazzard. I read em all the time.
When you read one that jumps off the pages you know how it is properly done.
Yes, it's good to read current ones too, to get a feel of the modern screenplay.
There's only so much you can get from reading the old stuff.
I agree but one oldie is still one of the best screenplays I have ever read.
Billy Wilders 'Some Like It Hot' is laugh out loud from the first page to the last. And not just the dialouge, the 'we see's' are hilarious too.
Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ December 10 2012, 3:46 PM GMTI agree but one oldie is still one of the best screenplays I have ever read.
Billy Wilders 'Some Like It Hot' is laugh out loud from the first page to the last. And not just the dialouge, the 'we see's' are hilarious too.
Isn't writing "We see..." frowned upon a lot these days?
Just seen this tweeted; the script they went into production with on 'Looper':
http://loopermovie.tumblr.com/post/37462232140/our-screenplay
Quote: Matthew Stott @ December 10 2012, 9:59 PM GMTJust seen this tweeted; the script they went into production with on 'Looper':
http://loopermovie.tumblr.com/post/37462232140/our-screenplay
Yep, same here. Haven't even seen the film yet, but that looks like a fantastic script.
Quote: Marooned @ December 10 2012, 9:47 PM GMTIsn't writing "We see..." frowned upon a lot these days?
It is rather.
I used to get cross about not being able to use it, but if you avoid it, you find the language becomes a lot less passive.
eg "We see a man walking" becomes "a man walks"
That's why it's good to read modern screenplays as well as the classics.