Go Into The Story Interview: Charlie Wachtel and David Rabinowitz

My in-depth interview with the co-writers of the movie BlacKkKlansman.

Here are links to the five installments of the entire interview:

Part 1: “Before I moved out I’d been sending my stuff to Charlie. He’d been sending his stuff to me. We’d give each other notes. Then, not long after I moved out, we decided we should join forces and write together.”

Part 2: “The takeaway is we never secured the rights to this, which was scary.”

Part 3: “Our general thing was, as long as these characters are reacting to these absurdist elements in a grounded, believable way that’s not undercutting our character, then we’re good.”

Part 4: “One of the first conversations we had about writing this, we joked that Spike Lee was going to direct it.”

Part 5: “Write as much as you can. Quantity leads to quality. Show your work early and often, and embrace feedback.”

Entire Interview

The writers are repped by WME.

Twitter: @therealcwach.

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