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Tables of Contents for Good Scripts, Bad Scripts
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
2
Preface
xi
4
Introduction: The Theory
xv
PART ONE: STRUCTURE
3
154
1. The Abyss The Narrative Spine Needs a Chiropractor
3
5
2. Cutthroat Island Shiver Me Structure!
8
6
3. Inherit the Wind The Play's the First Thing, the Screenplay's the Second
14
13
4. Singin' in the Rain The Perfect Film That Shouldn't Work
27
13
5. Pulp Fiction Reinventing Structure
40
12
6. The Usual Suspects The Great Script That Could Have Been Greater
52
8
7. High Noon Aristotle Goes Out West
60
10
8. Citizen Kane Flashback As Narrative
70
10
9. The Bonfire of the Vanities Third Act Suicide
80
12
10. Last Action Hero Deconstruction Self-Destructs
92
10
11. Fargo Satire Isn't Always What Closes on Saturday Night
102
6
12. The Jewel of the Nile Your Subtext Is Showing: The Problem of the False Second Act
108
11
13. Groundhog Day The Unexpected, Expected Structure
119
6
14. The Searchers The Third Act Hiccup
125
8
15. The Verdict Dialogue As Litany
133
7
16. Tender Mercies Less Is More, Lots More
140
7
17. Some Like It Hot Fewer Scenes, Bigger Laughs
147
10
PART TWO: CHARACTER
157
74
18. Prizzi's Honor The Passive Second Act Protagonist
157
9
19. The Day of the Jackal The Antagonist As Protagonist
166
9
20. Network The Catalytic Monster
175
8
21. Chinatown The Elusive Antagonist
183
10
22. Casablanca The Antihero As Protagonist
193
11
23. Havana Casablanca Lite
204
6
24. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Greatest Adventure
210
13
25. Falling in Love The Good Guys Ought to Be the Bad Guys
223
8
Resources
231