Screenwriting 101: Ted Tally
ON BREAKING RULES WITH THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
ON BREAKING RULES WITH THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
“As it went on and we had more perspective on it making the movie, we gradually began to realize that we were breaking all kinds of thriller rules, not only did we have a woman in the central role but we also had no action until the last half of the third act, we had no car chases. Not only that, but we didn’t even have our heroine in physical jeopardy until almost the very end of the movie. She’s in emotional jeopardy but she’s not in physical danger. It just broke rule after rule after rule in that way.”
— Ted Tally
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