Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Living”

The entire 6-part series delving into the award-winning drama.

This week, we have been reading, analyzing, and discussing the script and movie Living, written by Kazuo Ishiguro, directed by Oliver Hermanus.

Plot summary: In 1950s London, a humorless bureaucrat decides to take time off work to experience life after receiving a grim diagnosis.

Scene-By-Scene Breakdown
Plot
Characters
Themes
Dialogue
Takeaways

You may read the script here.

Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.

To facilitate that process, why not read 30 screenplays in 30 days?

30 Days of Screenplays: Vol. 1

30 Days of Screenplays: Vol. 2

For the archives of 100+ Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis Series posts, go here.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.