Such the case with Ari Aster‘s masterpiece, Hereditary, which I believe will be nominated for multiple Academy Awards – one of which will be for Aster’s original screenplay. (A great example is the phenomenal A Nightmare On Elm Street remake screenplay written by Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer, which was butchered by music video director Samuel Bayer.)īeyond the educational value, it’s fun to see how the script compares to what ended up on screen and if there are any variations to what was presented (what reads strong on paper could end up on the cutting room floor). It’s one of the reasons I used to enjoy reading screenplays with my spare time – you can learn a lot about a film just from diving into the script. Often times, a bad film gets blamed on the script, while the director gets much of the credit in the wake of a success. Screenwriting can be such an underappreciated craft in Hollywood, especially in the way we perceive a film’s success or failure.
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