Douglas Wood
Douglas Wood
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth19 March 1957
CountryUnited States of America
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When I saw The Player, I came out with knots in my stomach because it was so true to my experience.
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When I saw 'The Player', I came out with knots in my stomach because it was so true to my experience.
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Robert Altman's Nashville is my all-time favorite film because it covers all the bases - it's original, moving, and has something to say, but also funny and incredibly entertaining.
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Please help me. I don't want to die,
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I used to love Woody Allen but feel he's become a hack as a director. Bullets Over Broadway is the only film of his I've enjoyed in the last 10 years.
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with a demand for a payment of a very, very large ransom.
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But my favorite part of my work has always been time spent with writers, who unfortunately, aren't normally treated so well by others in the industry.
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Robert Altman's 'Nashville' is my all-time favorite film because it covers all the bases - it's original, moving, and has something to say, but also funny and incredibly entertaining.
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I'm more concerned with getting them to find and strengthen their original voice as writers rather than imposing my own subjective tastes, judgements or sensibility on the project.
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All of the material for 'The Fine Line' was created via improvisation with my partner, but not in front of an audience. We'd continue to refine it in front of an audience based on their responses until it was set and scripted.
Write the kind of movie you would want to see, in a genre you love.
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The major studios don't differ very much from one another as they all operate under essentially the same principles and pressure.
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I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches.
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I used to love Woody Allen but feel he's become a hack as a director. 'Bullets Over Broadway' is the only film of his I've enjoyed in the last 10 years.