In the piece,Lucascreenwriter Simon Stephenson accusedThe Holdoversscript of being plagiarized from his 2013 Black List screenplayFrisco.
Do you thinkTheNew York Timeswould have done that?
Thats where I stole it from I didnt steal it from that guy.
Alexander Payne at the 30th Sarajevo Film FestivalSarajevo Film Festival
As for the Western with Hemingson, Payne quipped: Were about 20 bad pages in.
Now theyre all making Roger Corman films.
They cost $200 million and make a billion.
And what used to be the A pictures are now the shrink-wrapped arthouse films.
So, the whole world is upside down that way.
But every year, a few are allowed to the table.
In television, Payne directed the pilot for the HBO seriesHung, which he executive-produced.
But in terms of conceiving stuff for myself, my brain still defaults to movies.
