This film has absolutely nothing to do with what I'm writing, but there are so many little things about it that you can apply to almost any screenplay. There are so many little things; things I think most people miss. I'm watching it for the small bits of genius dialog, and the devices in the dialog that say so much more than the few words themselves. Michel Gondry will have his brain eaten one day, hopefully by me. Much of the time it seems that certain things like humor are not completely translatable, but his writing is really universal. To be able to even fuck with the language barrier itself and make it a good joke on both sides... For real, if I ever get the chance, I will totally eat his brain with crackers and juice.
I'm feeling pressured now. I'm technically ghostwriting this screenplay, at least for the next few months. A friend of mine who is a producer is taking a screenwriting class (I won't even begin my rant on how I feel about non-writers taking creative writing, it's like me taking a class in composing symphonies; I don't comprehend the process of the creation of music, so why would I try to take a class in it?) and he's having me write for him. He does at some point want to film this, so killing two with one, he's having me write the screenplay and fulfilling a "writing intensive" course requirement needed for graduation. I'm in love with the story (which is a true story) and I'm happy in pants to write it, but I am the invisible person in the class. I have to meet his deadlines. Lucky for me, I'm taking the semester off, but either way, I don't respond well under pressure when it comes to writing. And living in my mom's house again, I can't succumb to my bad habits that help me think they help me write. Which I guess, is good.
Goodbye.
go melanie!
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