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Carnivore

mike — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:48:17 +0000

by Larry and Andy Wachowski
A claustrophobic thriller centering on mysterious goings-on at a homeless center. An early script by the brothers that was never produced. Read a script review at UGO Screenwriter’s Voice.

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Blade Runner

mike — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:52:26 +0000

Writing this one was torture. Once Ridley Scott came in, he wanted everything tailored to his style. I love the final result, plotholes and all. For more about the history, see Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner by Paul M. Sammon.

Blade Runner (July 24, 1980) by Hampton Fancher
Blade Runner (Feb 23, 1981) by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples

Kaleidoscope/Frenzy

mike — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:16:03 +0000

by Benn Levy
Alfred Hitchcock was intrigued by the style of French and Italian “new wave” directors of the late 60s. He devised a story of a sexual predator, to be shot in a dressed-down documentary style. Some test footage (which can be seen in Dial H for Hitchcock) was shot, but the studio balked. Hitch was imprisoned by his own reputation. As much as he may have wanted to experiment, the backers preferred a typical Hitchcock suspense movie. The script, (sections of which are available in Hitchcock’s Notebooks) was alternately called “Kaleidoscope” and “Frenzy.” Years later, Hitch recycled certain ideas for his 1973 film, Frenzy, but it was not the same story overall. Find out more at Steven DeRosa’s Writing with Hitchcock website.

Alfred Hitchcock’s The Short Night

mike — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:07:34 +0000

by David Freeman
In the last few years of his life, Hitchcock was developing a spy story with screenwriter David Freeman. The script has been published, along with behind the scenes details, in The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock.