"This is an intelligent, practical, and interesting study of the
screenwriting art and craft. . . . Lee's explorations into
underlying philosophy and the psychological intricacies of
character behavior and story consequences are so well developed
they could easily be taken as case histories of real people and
real events. One can scarcely have higher praise for [this] cogent
analysis of the moviemaker's art." -Robert Foshko, Head of
Screenwriting, Department of Radio-TV-Film, University of Texas at
Austin "Lee presents an intelligent, historically informed
discussion of how and why some films are inherently better than
others. . . . He gives audiences and those of us who teach film
some important ideas about how to evaluate the quality and
significance of one film as opposed to another. . . . The book is
filled with tantalizing, thought-provoking, and insightful ideas."
-Joanna E. Rapf, Professor of English and Film, University of
Oklahoma What makes a film "work," so that audiences come away from
the viewing experience refreshed and even transformed in the way
they understand themselves and the world around them? In The Death
and Life of Drama, veteran screenwriter and screenwriting teacher
Lance Lee tackles this question in a series of personal essays that
thoroughly analyze drama's role in our society, as well as the
elements that structure all drama, from the plays of ancient Athens
to today's most popular movies. Using examples from well-known
classical era and recent films, Lee investigates how writers handle
dramatic elements such as time, emotion, morality, and character
growth to demonstrate why some films work while others do not. He
seeks to define precisely what "action" isand how the writer and
the viewer understand dramatic reality. He looks at various kinds
of time in drama, explores dramatic context from Athens to the
present, and examines the concept of comedy. Lee also proposes a
novel "five act" structure for drama that takes account of the
characters' past and future outside the "beginning, middle, and
end" of the story. Deftly balancing philosophical issues and
practical concerns, The Death and Life of Drama offers a rich
understanding of the principles of successful dramatic writing for
screenwriters and indeed everyone who enjoys movies and wants to
know why some films have such enduring appeal for so many people.
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