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Bill Mesce

Bill Mesce, Jr. is the author of recently published The Rules of Screenwriting and Why You Should Break Them (McFarland) which not only includes more on his adventures with Sam Lupowitz and his other screenwriting experiences, but commentary from industry professionals like Goodfellas screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, best-selling author and filmmaker Adriana Trigiani, AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan, and others. You can find his work at the link below.

Stories By Bill Mesce

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington election day movies

Film

Twelve Movies To Get You Through the U.S. Election

Election Day is just around the corner, and depending on your view of the current state of The Republic, you...

By Bill MesceSeptember 29, 2020

Culture

Just Because You’re a Writer Doesn’t Mean You Can Write About Everything

Rules of the Games(s) A writer’s parable: Once upon a time, an aunt of mine who intended to rent out...

By Bill MesceSeptember 10, 2020

Film

Jeremiah Johnson is the Most Beautiful Western

Revisiting Sydney Pollack’s Jeremiah Johnson The Western, at its creative and commercial peak – the late 1960s-early 1970s – proved...

By Bill MesceAugust 15, 2020

Film

What Makes A Classic Movie Classic?

If I may, I’d like to quote from Entertainment Weekly’s review of the 70th-anniversary Blu-ray release of Casablanca (1942). According to Chris Nashawaty’s piece,...

By Bill MesceAugust 14, 2020

TV

The Mary Tyler Moore Show at 50

The Mary Tyler Moore Show was evolutionary rather than revolutionary.

By Bill MesceAugust 14, 2020

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