100 Movies for Writers & Creators
January 19th, 2010 by Terence Gillespie
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Lips move in poetry only when they cannot not kiss.
Words have limits. In the end all they can do is "Translate wonder into less noble things". This is a hard pill to swallow for someone who loves words, as I do. Understanding their limitations provides means to become a better writer.
Apart from the act of writing, itself, the optimal means of improving word-craft is to learn from experts in mediums of more efficient delivery. Those mediums consists of almost everything other than the written word.
Movies are a great start. When you can’t move another muscle towards your purpose watch one of these movies. Your subconscious will make the connection to your art.
(Six of these are included for their brilliant screenwriting. Parse every syllable and inflection as a masterpiece in the brevity and nuance of the spoken (Not written) language.)
- Barfly
- Hearts of Darkness
- Finding Forrester
- Julia & Julia
- A Beautiful Mind
- Shine
- Amadeus
- Quills
- Tucker
- Wind
- Sherlock Holmes
- Ray
- The Aviator
- Searching for Bobby Fisher
- The Muse
- The Killing Fields
- Pollack
- The Player
- Don’t Look Back
- Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould
- My Favorite Year
- Ishtar
- The Big Fish
- All The Presidents Men
- Absence of Malice
- The Shining
- Purple Violets
- World According To Garp
- The Swimming Pool
- The Hoax
- The Prize Winner Of Defiance Ohio
- Pandaemonium
- Finding Neverland
- Miss Potter
- Adaptation
- Wonder Boys
- Shattered Glass
- Funny Farm
- The Hours
- Mr. Hollands Opus
- Deathtrap
- The Big Picture
- Henry & June
- Shakespeare In Love
- Wonder Boys
- Sylvia
- Stranger Than Fiction
- Before Night Falls
- Il Postino – Inspiration for "Tonight I know How Poets Feel"
- Big Bad Love
- Misery
- Iris
- Kafka
- Barton Fink
- Beloved
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
- Deconstructing Harry
- Phenomenon
- Wilde
- Nora
- Tom & Viv
- Gothic
- Whole Wide World
- Shadowlands
- Adaptation
- Ask The Dust
- The Lost Weekend
- Harry Met Sally – sw
- Sleepless In Seattle – sw
- Shawshank Redemption – sw
- Goodfellas – sw
- Casino – sw
- The Verdict – sw
- The Making of ‘Star Wars’
- The Making of ‘The Shining’
Mmmmm, not 100 movies yet. Isn’t 75 enough?!
Not done, yet. Check back. In the meantime, e-mail me your ideas so everyone can benefit.
Tags: Creativity, inspiration, Movies, Writing
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Honestly, I am speechless. The Shawshank Redemption is tremendous. I’am quite young film fan, in fact, this film is realised the same yearI was very young, and so I’am more accustomed films with marvelous special effects, edge-of-your-seat action, et cetera. This film has zero of that, and however, it appeals so close to me . The way Frank Darabont uses the story of Red to drive on the story, the excellent the movie music utilized (note the harmonica used merely before Red receiving the letter at the end). The entire film, from start to end, from actions to sound, is a beacon of hope, assessment, and redemption. The cast is pure, Morgan Freeman(Red) in reality brings about a fresh feel to the story, and that is precisely what the film is, what a film should be. Really recommended for each film fan.