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Mr. Pink(’s) Rules

Funny-lookin’ Steve Buscemi offers his rules for filmmaking:

“2. The script is everything — a living thing that needs to breathe, to be fed, and to grow. Take care of your script; don’t let anybody mess with it. “3. As Abel Ferrara once said, ‘A script ain’t a movie.’ Okay, so maybe the script isn’t everything. But it’s a good start.”
And although MovieMaker curiously doesn’t link to its own article, the Jim Jarmusch rules Buscemi references can be found here.

Fixing Flawed Films

Give me a pair of scissors and some tape and I can significantly improve some movies — those whose major flaws are easily corrected with some minor surgery. The movies might not be great when I’m done with them, but they’ll be a hell of a lot better than what I started with. Phone Booth is one example. I watched the movie and thought, “How did they fuck that up?”

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