June 2010
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Sofia Coppola IS a good filmmaker. She just isn't the best writer. Most of the problems people have with her films, often times, comes from the dialogue and plot. All writing aspects. Sofia knows how to make a film. Her shots and attention to detail are great.
Okay, Id admit that Sofia Coppola has an amazing eye and you’re right that the bulk of the problem lies in the weak writing but that IS the Point. Sofia Coppola isn’t a good story teller because she allows the weak writing as it is and just frames it in between light filters and a pretty vase, and I think a good story is what ultimately makes a film. I mean, its probably incredibly unfair of me to expect her to be in total control of her film and to be brilliant in every aspect, but as an auteur and a Coppola, she kind of should be, haha. Of course, i love her otherwise, but I guess, I just expect better.
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Sometimes i tell people I love Kanye West and then i get silent because I cant find the right words to exactly articulate why this man is one brilliant motherfucker beyond his obnoxious public image. So next time that happens, I just whip this out. This kind of says it.
Kanye West - School Spirit
Kurt Vonneguts's 8 Rules For Writing Fiction →
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- Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
- Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
- Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
- Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.
- Start as close to the end as possible.
- Be a Sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them—in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
- Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
- Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.
