tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post6539378785270776557..comments2024-01-31T04:29:38.858-06:00Comments on The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers: Writers, The Oscars, and “Sickly little mole people”Sean Chercoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00939494866272006802noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-90242284992354663022010-03-12T08:22:17.143-06:002010-03-12T08:22:17.143-06:00Interesting post, Jamie. I know we all hope to hav...Interesting post, Jamie. I know we all hope to have the opportunity to have our words changed--that is, interpreted--by the likes of Robert Downey Jr.<br /><br />I'm willing to give these non-sickly non-mole people a little room because even as I read words I've already written and rewritten dozens of times, I still see ways I could change them.Bryan Gruleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854133842533898814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-40305790050255589432010-03-09T18:11:56.360-06:002010-03-09T18:11:56.360-06:00Speaking as a writer who spent a large portion of ...Speaking as a writer who spent a large portion of his younger years acting, the script is important, but sometimes the process of bringing it to life takes it in different directions than the writer could see. Sometimes it needs a little tweak, a little improvisation, within the general spirit of the original intent. Books are books. Theater and film are collaborative projects between multiple Rex Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07990006110338345389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-17067265353266997932010-03-09T13:45:54.424-06:002010-03-09T13:45:54.424-06:00Yes Dana, I agree that if one is going to write a ...Yes Dana, I agree that if one is going to write a screenplay one had better be ready for interpretation! (from one sickly mole person to another! :) )Jamie Frevelettihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15896037129219297451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-21492732433034854202010-03-09T08:39:29.749-06:002010-03-09T08:39:29.749-06:00I didn't see much of the awards show, but I di...I didn't see much of the awards show, but I did catch this, and it was great. <br /><br />I'm a writer, but my background as a musician gives me a slightly different perspective. I think of the screenwriter/actor relationship as similar to composer/performer. What's written is always subject to interpretation. It shouldn't be changed, unless we're talking about jazz or some Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.com