agkinowerken

Apparently this fella offers private script analysis...

http://drainstospace.wordpress.com/

I wonder what that's like...

The fancy pants film critic word for this type of multilinear narrative is "hyperlink cinema." Wikipedia has a pretty decent list. Though in most cases, whether it be Snatch, Magnolia, or the afore-mentioned Babel, the story lines eventually connect.

Hero and villain will need arcs. For David, a traumatic childhood encounter with some stones. For Goliath, a crippling fear of heights. The rest writes itself.

Roger Thornhill and Eve Kendall in North by Northwest. The scene on the 20th Century Limited.

Really fills in the big picture. Thanks very much!

I like to think of the 'bad guys closing in' aspect of STC not so much in literal terms, but rather as an increasing sense of pressure being applied to the hero. In this case, it's the ever-present 'ticking clock' by which Lou must come up with something new and better each night before 6am.

And not that it matters on the Blacklist but the script in question was a runner-up at Scriptapalooza a few years back. Lesson learned: think twice before requesting a replacement review.

I bought 2 reviews. Both came in at a 7 (with subcategories rated as high as 9) and both had some food for thought in the notes section. One review however had some accuracy issues (e.g. wrong locations). I complained and they offered a free replacement. Big, big mistake. That review came in at 5, thus sending a shiv into my overall rating.