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1. Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier 2. The Princess Bride by J. Morgenstern (abridged by William Goldman) [x] 3. So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane [x] 4. General Winston's Daughter by Sharon Shinn [x] 5. The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay [x] 6. Jumper by Steven Gould [x] 7. A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle Trilogy, Book 1) by Libba Bray [x] 8. Black (Circle Trilogy,...
DVD Video Review: Boyzone were very wrong to sing "it's only words" as the art of verbals is a very particular skill. William Goldman's screenplays prove this time and again, and we celebrate his finest work out soon in a special edition...
"You just keep thinkin', Butch. That's what you're good at." "I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals." (With a tip of the hat to William Goldman, who wrote those lines, and to Robert Redford and Paul Newman, who inhabited the characters, and delivered them.)
In 1983, screenwriter William Goldman (Butch Cassidy, Marathon Man, All the President's Men, Princess Bride, et al.) wrote Adventures in the Screen Trade, a brilliant...
In Adventures in the Screen Trade , screenwriter William Goldman devotes an entire section to my favorite Paul Newman movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid : Now, The Wild Bunch consisted of some of the most murderous figures in Western history. Arrogant, brutal men. And yet here running things was Cassidy. Why? The answer is incredible but true-- people just liked him There's a reason that when...
Spike Lee is interviewed at Salon.com . While this quote does not relate directly to animation, it does relate to the larger film industry that animation operates in. People try to pretend like they have the answers. They don't have the answers. Man, I still think William Goldman had the best quote ever: "Nobody knows nothing." When I sit across the table from these executives and they're telling me...
Interesting responses to my "Wanted Consultant Global CD" post of yesterday. To paraphrase William Goldman's quote about Hollywood... When it comes to the current state of advertising... No one knows anything. I agree that the tactical landscape has changed and...
William Goldman wrote some of the best screenplays - Marathon Man , Butch Cassidy - and A Bridge Too Far . He had some problems with the latter, with American audiences on the test screenings. They thought that scenes like this - drawn from accurate accounts of the battle for the bridge at Arnhem - were fanciful. The officer whose mouth these words were originally put in also had a problem. He asked...
Because I'm feeling guilty for reading (and enjoying) this book instead of reading this book, like I should be for my on-line book group. "Is this a kissing book?" -- William Goldman
The Departed soundtrack. The Departed is a popcorn film. Let’s be clear about that right from the start. It’s Casino, only better. William Goldman would call it a comic book movie. So when we talk about how much fun the movie is, let’s bear in mind Taxi Driver, King of Comedy, and Mean Streets, and keep our feet on the ground. Spiderman 2 was a good film, but if Stanley Kubrick had made it you’d punch...
Those who know do not speak, those who speak do not know. -Lao Tzu The Tao Te Ching Nobody knows anything - William Goldman Adventures in the Screen Trade We'll have more throughout the weekend. For now this is what some smart people are saying. From the Wall Street Journal: U.S. Near Deal on Fannie, Freddie Plan Could Amount to Government Takeover; Management Shakeup Is Expected The Treasury Department...
Here's a thing. Oh, it's called a book review, isn't it? I know! It's OK, I'll just wait and give you all time to recover from the shock of me posting an actual book review (and it's not even a Doctor Who book!)... Are you recovered now, or do you need a bit more time? (I'm sorry, I should have given you some warning, shouldn't I?) Right. Book review. So about 500 years after the rest of the world,...
Jim Surowiecki has a great line this week, in his column on stock-market volatility: For now we're stuck in a Yeatsian market: the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. The sentiment here is spot-on. Right now we're in a William Goldman market: nobody knows anything. In such a situation, one might expect that traders and investors both would tread cautiously,...
by Sarah Phelan “Follow the money." That's what Deep Throat told reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward in All the President’s Men, William Goldman’s classic film about the investigation that led to President Nixon's resignation. It was good advice then...
William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride will probably always be the book I wish I’d written, and I’m among the many who find Rob Reiner’s inspired and inspiring film adaptation endlessly rewatchable and terribly dear. So for me, attending the Coolidge Corner Theatre’s Princess Bride Quote-a-Long last night was something of a no-brainer. Imported from the Alamo Drafthouse and hosted with verve by...
