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...three thousand years when you get down to it." Storytelling does not, apparently, come easy to Lucas; he says it has been more of a learned, or willed, talent (critics might say that shows in Star Wars' comic-book derivativeness). After an initial burst of inspiration, writing the screenplay for Star Wars became an almost "academic" exercise in refashioning ancient myths for modern audiences (at the time--no surprise--he was reading a lot of Joseph Campbell). In this vein, Lucas' most memorable invention was his notion of the Force--"an energy field created by all living things...
Memo to: Disney Screenplay Department...
...Night the virgin directors made it look positively easy, even though Altman ultimately had to back out as producer. Tucci, best known as billionaire Richard Cross on the TV series Murder One, co-wrote the screenplay for Big Night "out of frustration with the films I was making." (Among his movies: Beethoven and Jury Duty.) Big Night's theme, making money vs. staying true to one's talents, will no doubt touch a chord in many of his peers. But the setting, a down-on-its-luck Italian restaurant, is all Tucci--a devotee of Italian food as well...
...makers of The Fan seem to be aware of the problem. So the screenplay (by Phoef Sutton) gives De Niro's character, Gil Renard, a novel fixation for his volatile blend of admiration and envy--a baseball star named Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes). The Fan also provides De Niro with good, carefully outlined reasons for spinning out of control: Gil loses his job, and his ex-wife obtains a court order preventing him from seeing their son on the grounds that Gil is both too intense and too careless. There's even a back story that explains...
Acknowledged geniuses are often known to be crusty, but Arthur Miller is almost, well, gushy when describing the new movie version of The Crucible, due out in November. It's not surprising he likes it so much, since he wrote the screenplay and his son produced the film. "It was a lot of fun," says Miller. "There were one or two things I've wanted to change about the play, and I could do that." One of those was completing the story of Abigail, played by WINONA RYDER. "I think she's a marvelous performer," enthuses Miller...