Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: Nightcrawler

This week, we have been reading, analyzing, and discussing the script and movie Nightcrawler, written and directed by Dan Gilroy.

IMDb Plot Summary: When Louis Bloom, a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

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For my 7-part series on How to Read a Screenplay, go here.

You may see the scripts we can use for this biweekly series — free and legal — by going here.

To date, we have analyzed 47 movie scripts, a great resource for screenwriters. To see those analyses, go here.

Years ago, I came up with this mantra: Watch movies. Read scripts. Write pages. A link to my reflections on that here.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of reading movie scripts.

Beginning October 19, our next movie script read and analysis will be The Wolf of Wall Street. You may download the script here.