Screenwriting 101: Roberto Bentivegna

“I think it’s very dangerous when you get bogged down in rules, because that’s when movies get boring. Rules should not be limitations. You’re hanging things on a skeleton, but you don’t want the skeleton to be all there is. Otherwise, it’s like, well…it’s nothing. It’s dead.”

— Roberto Bentivegna

Go Into The Story Interview, Feburary 15, 2013

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