{"product_id":"the-high-concept-massacre-genre-screenwriters-tell-all-hardback","title":"THE HIGH-CONCEPT MASSACRE: GENRE SCREENWRITERS TELL ALL (hardback)","description":"\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWarning to emerging screenwriters: staying on the Hollywood ladder has never been more treacherous. Writers must possess thick skin, but screenwriters also need bulletproof armor. For them, “Shaft” is more than just a film title.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFamed director Robert Altman once said, “I don’t think screenplay writing is the same as writing—I mean, I think it’s blueprinting.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThirteen top screenwriters disagree.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFor more than a century, screenwriters have snagged the short end of the stick, and are often treated more like hired help than artists. Screenwriter Jose Prendes knows. With laser focus, he points a spotlight on these tireless keyboard mashers that spin the tales we remember and weave the catchy dialog that rings in our ears. Ranging from micro-budget cinema to Hollywood blockbusters, these illustrious screenwriters finally open up about their down and dirty behind-the-scenes secrets. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIf you are interested in the nitty gritty of filmmaking and film writing, relive their heartbreaking, jaw-dropping, and sometimes wildly hilarious battles with producers and their zany roller coaster tales of studio interference. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eScreenwriters interviewed include: Shane Bitterling (\u003ci\u003eReel Evil, \u003c\/i\u003e2012), Carl Gottlieb (\u003ci\u003eJAWS, \u003c\/i\u003e1975), Trent Haaga (\u003ci\u003eCitizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV\u003c\/i\u003e, 2000), Stephen Johnston (\u003ci\u003eEd Gein\u003c\/i\u003e, 2000), Amy Holden Jones (\u003ci\u003eIndecent Proposal\u003c\/i\u003e, 1993), C. Courtney Joyner (\u003ci\u003ePuppet Master III, 1991\u003c\/i\u003e), Rolfe Kanefsky (\u003ci\u003eNightmare Man,\u003c\/i\u003e 2006), Sean Keller (\u003ci\u003eGiallo, \u003c\/i\u003e2009), William C. Martell (\u003ci\u003eNinja Busters,\u003c\/i\u003e 1984), John Penney (\u003ci\u003eReturn of the Living Dead 3,\u003c\/i\u003e 1993), Doug Richardson (\u003ci\u003eDie Hard 2,\u003c\/i\u003e 1990), Chris Watson (\u003ci\u003eZombiegeddon, \u003c\/i\u003e2003), and S.S. Wilson (\u003ci\u003eTremors, \u003c\/i\u003e1990).  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eIllustrated with 42 candid and behind-the-scenes photographs, some never before seen. Also includes a rare storyboard from \u003ci\u003eThe Lurking Fear, \u003c\/i\u003eplus an original design drawing for \u003ci\u003eShort Circuit \u003c\/i\u003ethat has never been shown anywhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAbout the Author: Jose Prendes has written twelve feature films and directed five since 2000, when he won the Hunger Games. He has been fighting the good fight in Hollywood for close to ten years now, developing a rawhide skin and slowly exchanging his blood for coffee. He is the novelist of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eSharcano\u003c\/i\u003e, and the writer\/director behind the mind-bending \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Tragedies\u003c\/i\u003e and the mockumentary, \u003ci\u003eUnspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e, which put him on ten of the eleven government watch lists. 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