Description
- Presents a clear, methodical overview of the needs, practices, and problems of screenwriting, including adaptation, written by a renowned director, offering timeless concepts and best practices to aspiring and working screenwriters and students.
- Written by acclaimed filmmaker and teacher Edward Dmytryk, Oscar-nominated director of The Caine Mutiny (1954), Crossfire (1947), The Young Lions (1958) and other classics, offering readers a masterclass with a renowned practitioner and teacher.
- A new introduction and chapter lessons, discussion questions, exercises, and a glossary have been added to this reissue, helping current-day readers contextualize Dmytryk’s work and apply the skills and techniques to their own work.
Table of Contents
Edward Dmytryk: A Short Biography
Introduction by Mick Hurbis-Cherrier
- First Steps
- In the Beginning . . .
- Who?
- See How They Grow
- Adaptation Continued . . .
- The Image Is the Reality
- Point, Counterpoint
- The Art of Weaving
- No Piece Without War
- Clearing the Way
- The End
- The Tag
Filmography of Edward Dmytryk
Chapter Notes by Mick Hurbis-Cherrier
Index



