Ready Player One
In general, there is strong correlation between the quality of the script and the quality of the review which results. I imagine this is why so much of the critiquing […]
Author Archives: Joel Barish
Breaking Bad S2E1
I’ve said in a previous installment that Breaking Bad provides an argument for why solitude is not only conducive [which is easy for anyone to see] to creativity, but also […]
As the moment of your sadness flickers…
My wordpress account recently informed me that I am in my fourth year of blogging. It was a very cheery form of notification. The kind that comes with a virtual […]
Breaking Bad 10
Or Why Donald Trump is The Real Slim Shady To answer the cliffhanger which ended our last installment without my usual penchant for preamble: Yes. I am forced by my […]
Collateral Beauty
Today’s script comes to us from an established screenwriter, who decided to take a break from the rigors of studio work to produce an original spec. I have wanted to […]
Breaking Bad 9
I’ll be your harvester of light And send it out tonight So we can start again… On my way home from work the other day, I played this Winter […]
Breaking Bad 8
Unfortunately [at least as far as my own intentions toward resonance are concerned] I’m afraid we will have to do a bit more intellectual carpentry before we advance any further. […]
Breaking Bad 7
After that last episode in this series of articles, I believe I have announced [while still managing not to say it] why this popular television show has driven me straight […]
Breaking Bad 6
I believe that I have sufficiently proved that Walter was always a psychopath. Someone may disagree, and write up an antithesis paper in which she shows the myriad ways in […]
Breaking Bad 5
Fate will not let Walter off his murderous hook lightly. Krazy 8 survives the phosphine gas attack and must be chained up in Jesse’s basement while Walter musters the […]
Searching for Charlie Kaufman 