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Was Go written on-the-fly?

September 10, 2003 Go, QandA

While listening to Doug Liman and Steven Mirrione’s commentary track on the GO DVD, they went through numerous scenes that weren’t in your original screenplay, but rather scenes they had you write in production. I was wondering what percentage of a film would you say is original material, and what percentage is threaded during the […]

The sequence of Go

September 10, 2003 Go, QandA

Did you originally write GO as an out-of-sequence story, or was that something you and Doug Liman changed after the script was written? –Chris Although there’s hardly a trace of it left in the script, the deep underlying story of GO originated from Alice in Wonderland. Even before I came to L.A., I’d been pondering […]

More on becoming a co-producer

September 10, 2003 Go, Producers, QandA

How a writer can stay involved in a producing capacity once the script is written.

Reading reviews

September 10, 2003 Go, QandA

I was wondering, do you read reviews of films you’ve worked on? When you’re in a bookstore, do you go to the film section and check out how many stars Maltin or Ebert have given the films? –Brenton Thanks to the Internet, not only can I read what Maltin and Ebert say about my movies, […]

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