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Aug 26, 2016 · “The Hollars” is just good enough to make you wish that it were better. John Krasinski , longtime costar of “The Office,” directed this modestly budgeted family drama; the writer is James C. Strouse (“ Lonesome Jim ,” “The Winning Season”), who specializes in small-scaled, domestically focused stories of a sort that exhibitors ...
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I grew up in Indiana and I always wanted to write, from Kindergarten on. I loved writing. What led me into screenwriting was moving to New York after college. It was the social circles I ran into in New York. I met a lot of aspiring filmmakers and young filmmakers and it flipped a switch in my mind. I was writing a lot of short fiction and I veered...
I’ve never had a problem with drawing from life and exaggerating it. I don’t know if there’s something wrong with me but I always feel like any experience I have is fair game. It can work its way into a screenplay verbatim, or it can be bent to what I need it to do or be in the world of the screenplay. I have a system of experiencing events and the...
I’ve been teaching screenwriting now for six years or so, and my thoughts have really evolved over time. What I look for in a good story is just a point of view – a voice. It’s less to me about plot than it is someone who can convey a unique vision, like Todd Solondz (Weiner Dog, Happiness), or Kenneth Lonergan (Analyze This, Gangs of New York). So...
As I’ve seen it in the classroom, I think the biggest hurdle a writer has to overcome is him- or herself. I have seen many screenwriters in my class who simply aren’t writing. If you’re not writing there’s no magic thing that’s going to happen in the future, you have to write. You have to write, and you have to allow yourself to make some garbage, ...
I’ve only seen it once and I’m excited to see it again. Usually, the stuff I write is so small in scale that I just don’t even assume anyone else is going to want to direct it. This has been fun, to see it through someone else’s eyes. Featured image: Charlie Day as Jason, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Gwen and John Krasinski as John Hollar in The Holl...
Aug 22, 2016 · In the film, written by Jim Strouse (“ Grace is Gone ”), Krasinski plays John Hollar, a NYC artist who returns home after his mother Sally (Margo Martindale) is diagnosed with a brain tumor.
Directed by John Krasinski. An uplifting dramedy that reveals how disappointment can be a spiritual teacher. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Twitter Facebook Link Print. Share. "The main emotion of the adult American who has had all the advantages of wealth, education, and culture is disappointment." — novelist John Cheever.
The Hollars (2016) Movie Script. Oh, sorry. I thought you were gone. Ron, this is my bathroom. have to use the bathroom downstairs. Dad's in that one. Well, then, you're going to have to wait.
First and foremost, The Hollars is incredibly well cast. Krasinski and Kendrick make for a believable coupling, partly because they both so completely relax into their characters and partly because both actors vacillate comfortably between wry humor and utter sincerity.
Feb 23, 2017 · The Hollars is the poor man’s version of every other good indie-film about families that are slightly insane. There really is no audience out there that might sincerely enjoy this drab stab at the quirky comedrama, so it’s better just to let this one quietly slip by without feeling the need to boast to your friends that you’ve seen it.
