There's more than one way to skin a screenplay
Variety has some fun today with this year's top scripts, dividing them into these categories: studio screenplay vs. indie, big canvas vs. intimate tale and hyphenate vs. scripter.
Here's how they break down:
Adapted
"Argo": studio, big canvas, scripter
"Beasts of the Southern Wild": indie, intimate, hyphenate
"Life of Pi": studio, big canvas, scripter
"Lincoln": studio, big canvas, scripter
"Silver Linings Playbook": indie, intimate, hyphenate
Original
"Amour": indie, intimate, hyphenate
"Django Unchained": indie, big canvas, hyphenate
"Flight": studio, intimate, scripter
"Moonrise Kingdom": indie, intimate, hyphenate
"Zero Dark Thirty": studio, big canvas, scripter
The distinction between big canvas and intimate is probably the least well-defined. Lots of intimate moments in some of those big canvas movies.
A native of Los Angeles raised by two parents and "Hill Street Blues," Jon Weisman ankled his scriptwriting career and began working for Variety in 2004, subsequently serving as associate editor of features and television reporter before becoming awards editor. He promises not to use this platform to retroactively campaign for Oscars for “The Misfits,” though he’d feel justified in doing so.
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