Who are your favourite screenwriters and why do you like them so much?
Screenwriting : Favourite Screenwriters by Rose Drabble
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Are the Coen brothers too obvious a choice?
And I like the Coens because of their flare with dialogue and memorable characters. And I like the fact that I dislike some of their movies. It seems they write what they want to write instead of just what sells.
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William Goldman a legend Stephen Knight a story genius
Billy Wilder, James L Brooks, Horton Foote, Blake Edwards, Colin Higgins, David O Russell - all wonderful at comedy and capturing the bittersweetness of humanity
Kevin Smith, Richard Linklater, the Coens. Whoever writes Ahnuld and Stallone's one-liners is a genius.
Federico Fellini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Paul Schrader, Quentin Tarantino, Luc Besson, Shane Black...