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Nobody Knows Anything (including what this quote means)

Episode - 221

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October 27, 2015 Film Industry, Follow Up, Psych 101, Scriptnotes, So-Called Experts, Transcribed, Writing Process

Craig and John get to the bottom of William Goldman’s famous quotation about Hollywood, which is so often misapplied. Then it’s a discussion of zombie cars, wind-tunnels, blockbusters, and the paradox of choice.

Finally, we look at the intersection of luck and talent behind a screenwriter’s career, and why struggle isn’t a useful yardstick for much of anything.

Links:

  • Austin Film Festival 2015 panel schedule
  • Karina Longworth’s You Must Remember This
  • Scriptnotes, 220: Writers Rooms, Taxes, and Fat Hamlet
  • William Goldman on Wikipedia, and Adventures in the Screen Trade on Amazon
  • The Zombie-mobile
  • Least objectionable program on Wikipedia
  • The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry Schwartz
  • The Selling Your Screenplay Podcast, episode 95
  • Tessy and Tab
  • BuzzFeed Crosswords, and logic-puzzles.org
  • Pokémon’s Creepy Lavender Town Myth, Explained on Kotaku

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 10-28-15: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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