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23 feb 2018 · Thus, here is a list of some of the filmmakers who handle conversations the best. We tried to have a wide variety of styles, as there are filmmakers who rely almost entirely on editing, and other who barely make a cut and prefer an approach that relies more in the blocking.
- Ted Tally
- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Martin Scorsese & Nicholas Pileggi
- Eric Roth
- Jim Uhls
- Quentin Tarantino
- Steven Zaillian
- Reginald Rose
- Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo
- Frank Darabont
Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs– considered the 22nd greatest movie of all time by IMDb – is one of the only movies to ever sweep the top five Oscar categories (and is currently the only horror film to win Best Picture). Ted Tally took home Best Adapted Screenplay for his adaptation of Thomas Harris’ novel of the same name. In translating...
David Fincher’s psychological horror noir Se7entakes the number 20 spot on IMDb’s “Top 250” list. Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt anchor the movie as the detectives chasing John Doe, but Andrew Kevin Walker’s script gave them the dialogue to bring the characters’ back-and-forth to life. The dialogue in Walker’s script has plenty of fun with the famili...
Martin Scorsese’s wildly entertaining crime epic Goodfellas is ranked as the 17th greatest movie by IMDb. Scorsese rarely writes his own movies, but since he planned to make Goodfellas as a feature-length trailer with rapid pacing that would hit the audience like a speeding bullet, he co-wrote the script with Nicholas Pileggi. Pileggi’s nonfiction ...
The number 12 spot on IMDb’s list of the greatest movies ever made belongs to Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump, a beloved blend of treacly, uplifting melodrama and cynical commentary on 20th-century American history. Eric Roth’s script – adapted from the novel by Winston Groom – earned him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Roth has since ...
IMDb lists David Fincher’s darkly comedic neo-noir epic Fight Club as the 11th greatest movie ever made. Jim Uhls adapted the film’s controversial script from the equally controversial novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. Voiceover narration is often criticized as a lazy way to tell a story on-screen, but the unnamed narrator in Fight Clubis ...
After introducing audiences to his idiosyncratic dialogue style in Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino solidified his status as a master of dialogue with his sophomore directorial effort, Pulp Fiction, listed by IMDb as the eighth greatest movie ever made. RELATED: All Of Quentin Tarantino's Screenplays (Including The Ones He Didn't Direct), Ranked F...
IMDb ranks Steven Spielberg’s seminal Holocaust drama Schindler’s List as the sixth greatest movie ever made. Steven Zaillian adapted the screenplay from Thomas Keneally’s book Schindler’s Ark, using a flexible three-plus-hour runtime to both celebrate Oskar Schindler’s legacy and humanize him. Zaillian has written a bunch of acclaimed scripts over...
Set mostly in a single room as jurors argue over whether or not the accused is guilty, Reginald Rose’s 12 Angry Men – ranked by IMDb as the fifth greatest movie ever made – is a rare example of a movie that revolves entirely around dialogue. Adapted from Rose’s own play of the same name, Sidney Lumet’s classic courtroom dramaoffers a cinematic form...
Francis Ford Coppola’s script for Patton had made him one of Hollywood’s most sought-after screenwriters when he was hired to direct an adaptation of Mario Puzo’s The Godfather. Coppola teamed up with Puzo to write the script and later reunited for the sequel. The Godfather and The Godfather Part IIare ranked second and third on IMDb’s “Top 250.” R...
Frank Darabont’s moving, deeply human prison epic The Shawshank Redemption takes the top spot on IMDb’s “Top 250” list. Adapted from a Stephen King short story, Darabont’s Shawshankscript offers a harrowing glimpse at life behind bars. Darabont focused the story on the blossoming friendship between newly imprisoned Andy and grizzled veteran inmate ...
1 lug 2022 · Some make you laugh, others make you cry and a few make me crawl up into a ball and wish the world away for a while — but every single one of them is the mark of a fantastic artist working at the top of their game. Enjoy, the list of top movie dialogue scenes ever.
He was training as assistant with filmmaker Roger Corman, working in such capacities as sound-man, dialogue director, associate producer and, eventually, director of Dementia 13 (1963), Coppola's first feature film.
The directors on this list are ranked according to their lifetime success (awards & nominations), their directing skill, along with their ability to inspire generations of directors after them. To me, accuracy when making a Top 10/Top 100 all time list is extremely important.
One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world.
Your job as Dialogue Director is to be on the lookout for a few especially important words or phrases in your reading, including dialogue and descriptions. Choose passages that catch your eye. Also, record words or phrases that are unfamiliar or don’t seem to make sense in the story.
