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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Feb 12, 2017 3:26:20 GMT
screenrant.com/screenwriters-worst-notes-studio-execs/A couple of the better excerps: Damien Chazelle (La La Land): “It was on Whiplash, it ends with a kind of long drum solo, which was the whole point of making the movie. And the note was to get rid of all that. The note was written out – ‘He’s good at drumming. We get it.’” Barry Jenkins (Moonlight): “So, where are the white people?” Eric Heisserer (Arrival): “It was the start of a pitch, I said ‘There’s a spy and his wife.’ The executive said, ‘There is no wife. Continue.’”
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Post by agent69 on Feb 12, 2017 11:19:17 GMT
Jesus, those are horrible. I wonder how do they say frack off to them without getting into trouble.
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Post by Zeb31 on Feb 12, 2017 12:36:41 GMT
Jesus.  What utter morons. And some still wonder why diversity in the industry is a topic that gets pushed so heavily. |
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Post by ScarletDubois on Feb 12, 2017 12:49:18 GMT
These are worse than the dumb celebrity quotes.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2017 12:57:22 GMT
The white people doe
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Feb 12, 2017 13:18:00 GMT
That Moonlight one  The Taylor Sheridan one is so hilariously stupid that I hope he's making it up. |
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Post by mizzaphoenix on Feb 12, 2017 14:25:35 GMT
They should name and shame these arseholes.
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Post by cheesecake on Feb 12, 2017 22:35:47 GMT
Yeesh.
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Post by jakob on Feb 13, 2017 1:27:02 GMT
I was told that my stories weren't interesting unless you get nameless feds involved to be the villains "because stories are always more interesting when you get the feds in there!"
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Post by The-Havok on Feb 13, 2017 2:11:45 GMT
They should name and shame these arseholes. And take them to the gulag afterwards? |
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 13, 2017 5:45:17 GMT
Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures): “I was really excited, I was pitching this thriller with two female leads, about espionage. [The exec] said, ‘Oh! We love it! It’s great. Can you either change it to incest or two men?’ I said, ‘If you’ll really hire me? Yes.’”
That one made me laugh.
I just love the thought that some exec was like, "this is good, but we need some good ol' fashioned incest!"
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Post by quetee on Feb 13, 2017 6:27:16 GMT
Sometimes I wonder how those people even gir their jobs.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 13, 2017 6:32:23 GMT
Sometimes I wonder how those people even gir their jobs. In Hollywood, it's not what you know... it's who you know. |
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Post by Christ_Ian_Bale on Feb 13, 2017 7:46:00 GMT
That's... infuriating.
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Post by Film Socialism on Feb 13, 2017 16:38:09 GMT
>stuff like this is common knowledge
>half the board still watches 90% hollywood films
i'll never understand
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Post by brockmeeks on Feb 13, 2017 18:54:26 GMT
Yeah, rude but if it were my money I'd be asking questions too. Also, they think if they miss a trend or alienate a group the film could fail.
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Post by cornnetto on Feb 13, 2017 19:22:33 GMT
Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures): “I was really excited, I was pitching this thriller with two female leads, about espionage. [The exec] said, ‘Oh! We love it! It’s great. Can you either change it to incest or two men?’ I said, ‘If you’ll really hire me? Yes.’”That one made me laugh. I just love the thought that some exec was like, "this is good, but we need some good ol' fashioned incest!" That a funny one and I wonder if it is said with some tone that indicate something to not take literally, wanting incest in a movie sound kind of edgy for a studio exec note. |
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Feb 23, 2017 16:18:13 GMT
Most of these are pretty crazy sounding and stupid, but that Hidden Figures one is especially "what the fuck worthy".
Edit: Didn't see this was a thread already, my bad.
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What utter morons.
