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96 2018
Thoughts from Ellen Fontana's Screenwriting Class at NEU:
- Unsatisfying ending even thought they make the "correct" decision
- Music didn't work as well as it could have -- but provided a relief from the tension
- Common themes with Past Lives
- Stalking?????
- "Shit ton of dialogue" ~Professor Fontana
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Past Lives 2023
Thoughts From Ellen Fontana's Screenwriting Class at NEU:
- Changes the way you think about everything
- A sucker punch that hits where it needs to
- A beautiful tragedy that depicts alternate realities and grappling with life decisions
- Absolutely devastating, second half of the movie is heartbreaking line after heartbreaking line
- What stands out is that they so clearly establish that Nora isn't unhappy, which makes it so much sadder
- Act III brings it all together,…
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Paterson 2016
Quotes from Ellen Fontana's Feature Screenwriting class at Northeastern University:
"Beautiful depiction of everyday life"
"For a movie about Paterson, NJ, it doesn't capture hoe interesting the city actually is"
"God bless Adam Driver for dealing with that wife"
"I hope the wife becomes famous"
"Slow-paced but introspective"
"A meditation on simplicity"
"A movie that meanders and makes you fear the possible monotony of your own future"
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Gone Baby Gone 2007
Ellen Fontana's 3390 Screenwriting class at NEU had way too much of a debate about this movie to even summarize here. Just watch the movie!!
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