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We stop time in Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” and discuss:
- We, uh, review Megalopolis;
- Story & Writing, exposition, melodrama;
- Afterwards we’ll rank our top 5 or 10 films;
- and other such stuff and things and stuff.
“Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!” – Percy Bysshe Shelley from the poem “Ozymandias”
Top 5/10 Films:
Todd’s Top 5:
Wes’ Top 10:
- Interstellar
- Good Will Hunting
- Lord of the Rings
- Sunshine (2007)
- Before Sunrise
- Call Me By Your Name
- Warrior
- Spotlight
- Never Let Me Go
- Garden State
Wes’ honorable mentions: Braveheart, Man on Fire, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Fall, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Notting Hill, Gladiator
This Week’s Recommendations:
Wordplayer.com – Great screenwriting resource
some favorite articles:
“Crap Plus One” – You know when you see a movie and say even you could do better than that? Uh oh…
“Points for Style” – screenwriting tips on efficient and effective style
I only played Civilization IV to discover Construction and listen to Leonard Nimoy quoting Ozymandias.
Great idea to rank your top 5/10, thank you for that.