Screenwriting 101: Christopher McQuarrie

“Good exposition is the art of turning pure information into emotion. The Indianapolis Monologue in Jaws. Harry Caul’s dream in The Conversation. Paul Newman’s turn in The Verdict, the opening sequence of Up, the whole of 12 Angry Men and Glengarry Glen Ross.”

— Christopher McQuarrie

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