Paul Schrader, who also wrote the screenplays for The Last Temptation Of Christ, City Hall and American Gigolo - which he also directed — will be attending Screenlit at the Broadway Cinema, June 29 to July 5 along with David Morrissey and Jimmy McGovern.
The week-long event is designed to celebrate the art of writing for film and TV.
It will include the screening of new films, including the UK premiere of Anne Fontaine’s Coco Before Chanel and the award-winning Unmade Beds by UK-based Argentinean filmmaker Alexis Dos Santos.
This first year also sees the launch of ScreenLit’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Screenwriting which will be given to Paul Schrader, who will present a Screenwriting Masterclass.
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]]>]]>Synecdoche, New York opened in America last October, and it has already appeared at several UK film festivals, so you may judge the hopes for its commercial success that it is only just opening commercially next week. That may prove a generous use of the word “commercially”. Still, you may love the film and be changed by it. Sometimes the wistful voice of a website posting says it all, like this letter addressed to Charlie Kaufman, the man who wrote and directed Synecdoche:
“Charlie i hope you read this and only posted it in the hopes that you would. i live in birmingham, alabama and had to drive to atlanta, georgia to see your movie in theatres. i want to say this is the greatest film experience I have had all year. your film touched me in the deeps depths of my heart in the most wonderful way. i love your films and want you to keep making them and despite all the dumb ass critics I think that synecdoche new york is a masterpiece of cinema that humanity doesn’t deserve.”
To which I would add this: a few critics raved about the picture; several others welcomed it. I’m urging you to see it - if only to discover what the writer of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation can do as a director. Plus the film cost $21m and has so far grossed $3m in its home country. All I want to know is how Charlie Kaufman, with this story and his hangdog shyness raised even $21, let alone millions.