I mean, the first “Back to the Future” is kind of a perfect script, I think. In terms of handling time travel the best, it depends on your definition. To me, that means it effectively uses it in the story.
Rian JohnsonThe fanboy community can smell in an instant, like smelling fear, when something was tailor-made in order to reach them as a demographic.
Rian JohnsonWith 'Brick,' I wrote the script when I was 23 and didn't make the movie until I was 30.
Rian JohnsonIf I spend a year and a half writing a script, the first year will be outlining in notebooks. It's just the way I work, definitely not necessarily the best way.
Rian JohnsonBack before 'Brick,' I wrote a short film that I never ended up shooting: hit men in the present who work for a mob in the future who send their victims back in time. A guy is sent his future self, he lets him run, and the whole short was them chasing each other across the city. That sat in a drawer for 10 years until after I made 'Brothers Bloom.
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