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The Hollars starring John Krasinski, Anna Kendrick, and Charlie Day is reviewed by Alonso Duralde (TheWrap and Linoleum Knife podcast) and Christy Lemire (h...
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Jan 23, 2016 · John Krasinski sits with THR’s Rebecca Ford for ‘The Daily Warm Up on The Hollywood Reporter’ to discuss his latest directorial effort The Hollars. The direc...
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Baby coming any day and they are pushing to get work done. I went to help the Hollar family move their house project forward. Here's the story. ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓ ...
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- What Led You Into Screenwriting?
- How Difficult Is It to Edit Real Life Events When You’Re Writing A Screenplay?
- In Your Opinion, What Makes A Good Story?
- Is There A Single Thing A Person Could Change to Improve Their Writing?
- Is There Anything Else You’D Like to Share About The Hollars?
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 · The Hollars Review. An impressive ensemble cast and a good sense for shifting tones on a dime makes John Krasinski’s The Hollars a joy to watch.
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.
Aug 26, 2016 · You simply need to find the love and the fortitude to make it through. That’s the endearing, redemptive message of The Hollars , a dramedy directed by and starring John Krasinski. It’s a funny, sweet and well-acted pic with a sitcom-like tempo.
