Ok, so I'm not going to take up too much of your time today, 'cause you've all got a pretty big reading assignment. Go here and read the amazing 150 page PDF that's available for download there (if they take it down, gimme a ring and I'll recite it to you in a video or over the phone- I've got it memorized). (Or you can just read the blog you find at the link on its own, as the author, Mystery Man on Film, is a pretty durn good writer.)
What is it? Well, gosh, it's only a transcript from a story meeting between George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and writer Lawrence Kasdan from 1978 where they brainstorm ideas for their new movie starring Indianna Smith. Purely entertaining. These guys were idea machines, and they allegedly spent 5 x 9-hour days together hashing out the story for Raiders before Kasdan went off and turned the whole mess into one of the best blockbuster scripts ever written.
What you quickly learn: Lucas really was kinda the brains behind the operation. He comes across as a little bit controlling, but he knows exactly what he's after. And Spielberg, god bless him, keeps shooting out these ideas that Lucas hates... but if you've seen any of the first three movies, you'll know that they used 'em anyways, eventually.
All in all, a great way to spend hours and hours in front of your computer fooling everyone into thinking that you're busy at work.
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