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Tales from the Script
2009 · Film · documentary · 105 min
Directed by Peter Hanson
Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon"), John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption"), William Goldman ("The Princess Bride"), Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver"), and dozens of other Hollywood screenwriters share hilarious anecdotes and penetrating insights in "Tales from the Script," the most comprehensive documentary ever made about screenwriting. By analyzing their triumphs and recalling their failures, the participants explain how successful writers develop the skills necessary for toughing out careers in one of the world's most competitive industries. They also reveal the untold stories behind some of the greatest screenplays ever written, describing their adventures with luminaries including Harrison Ford, Stanley Kubrick, Joel Silver, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg. The film was produced in tandem with the upcoming HarperCollins book of the same name.
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"Tales from the Script", a documentary about the many ways a movie you see has been changed, cut, (partially) rewritten, by many involved parties for a variety of (hilarious) reasons until it finally reached you(if ever/at all). Or in short the nature of the business.
[1] http://talesfromthescript.com/ [2] https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tales_from_the_script [3] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045642/
Maybe [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizards_(film) but not for changing, but rather reinforcing my world views, altough much later after it premiered/ran. Between 2010 and 2015, actually.
"I'm much more interested in how this does or doesn't reflect the reality of VCs."
There is a good documentary film called "Tales of the Script" (relates to a similar things in Hollywood)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045642/
...that deals with the issue of screen writers vs. who they are trying to get to accept their ideas. Forgetting that this is a cartoon and that is an actual documentary (with quotes from screen writers) the common theme (it's a really good watch btw) is that those in charge simply "don't get it" and are somehow oppressive and total dicks to the screenwriters and have martini lunches everyday.
As if the people in charge, "Hollywood", don't have their ass on the line and were somehow chosen by lottery to decide who succeeds and who fails. And that they have absolutely no clue at all about what they are doing in their jobs.
Yet, people have managed to get beyond that in Hollywood and succeed in that business. Why is that? Perhaps because they are able to work harder and work within the system (no matter how they personally feel about it) or perhaps because their ideas really are better. (Or maybe they slept with the right person?) Who cares? That's the way the world works. You only need one VC (or angel) to get you funded (if that is what you want that is). Very simple system out there which is the golden rule. "he who has the gold rules". Stop complaining (not saying you) about VC's. That's the system and they have the power if what you want is what they have.