Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Knives Out”
The entire 6 part series delving into the hit crime comedy starring an all-star cast including Chris Evans, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis…
The entire 6 part series delving into the hit crime comedy starring an all-star cast including Chris Evans, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, and more.
This week, we have been reading, analyzing, and discussing the script and movie Knives Out, written by Rian Johnson.
Plot Summary: A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.
Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Plot
Characters
Themes
Dialogue
Takeaways
Major kudos to Dan Gorski for doing this week’s scene-by-scene breakdown.
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Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.
Cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.