Screenwriter DAVID GOYER: Tricks of the Trade

David S. Goyer has a deliciously twisted mind. (They don't call him "The Prince of Darkness" for nothing.) And he knows how to bring comic book characters and superheroes to kicking, screaming, vengeful life, as he did in The Crow: City of Angels, the Blade series, and Batman Begins. His intense Batman screenplay, written with director Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia), resurrected the moribund Dark Knight franchise and confirmed his writing voice as a go-to source for a green light. Here, in this wry and surprising dialogue, Goyer reveals his tricks of the trade for how to intimidate a room full of studio executives, when to stand on principle, how to hook an actor's ego with killer character descriptions and dialogue, and why fear can pay the bills. This video is an excerpt from the full interview, available on DVD at TheDialogueSeries.com .

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: TheDialogue

Length: 02:35
Rating: 5.00
Views: 1754

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