Film and the Written Word

The two articles that we had to read by William Goldman dealt with scriptwriting for films and kinda a vague overview of what it is like to write a film. What seems to be most confusing for me was trying to relate to the articles, as I had never seem Fargo or Chinatown, but more importantly, I wonder what I was suppose to make with all the information written down.

It seemed to me the Goldman was on the basic level elaborating on his thoughts and life. He was sharing his experiences in film making to give others a good idea of what the film industry is like. At least back in the 1960s or so. However, it seems that on a deeper level Goldman is really trying to show us the complexity in scriptwriting. It obvious in the fact that he carries in elaborate paragraphs to talk about writing for films and describing scenes instead of just cutting to the chase and making it scientific. Goldman also talks about writers block, outlining and story, needing to know what is going to happen throughout your story, the mysteriousness of writers approach to writing, and more. It through all these different facets in scriptwriting that we learn just how hard it is to make a film.