The Midpoint Collision

May 20, 2018  /  Michael Sajkowicz

Lessons from the Screenplay looks at 'The Midpoint Collision,' using Stuart Beattie's script for Michael Mann's film Collateral to examine when the "protagonist’s facade is slowly stripped away as their inner self is forced to rise, and what happens when these two sides of the character collide at the midpoint of the story."

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categories / Film analysis, Screenwriting
tags / Lessons from the Screenplay, Collateral, Stuart Beattie, Michael Mann, The Midpoint Collision

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