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The State of Film Writing Today

Aug 20, 201353 min
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Episode description

Who's doing the good writing about film these days and how do you find it?

2:42 - Box Office: Lee Daniels gets in on Tyler Perry's marketing tactics.

24:30 - Feature Segment: What kind of writing about film is exciting us these days? What do we look for in good film writing?

40:25 - Overlooked Gems: Kev's pick makes Dave nostalgic for Fametracker, Dave's pick casts new light on a tired genre.

Also, here's the Spielberg Face video essay we mention at the end as well as Los Angeles Plays Itself.

Talking Pictures is hosted by Kevin Smokler (@weegee) and David Dylan Thomas (@movie_pundit).

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