It was blah, he replied.
Given what they spent for the script, they should have made a powerful f*ckin movie.
Today, Leonard notes, the majors seem reluctant to nurture projects unless they connect to their existing IP.
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WhileThe Black Listhas many admirers, the industrys entire nurturing apparatus has its sceptics.
Eszterhas phrased it more pungently.
The time has come for creative people to kick ass, he said.
Ill write the scripts, then auction them off like prize cattle.
The timing for Joes rebellion was opportune.
Virtually every filmmaker, from Coppola to Spielberg, was busily announcing a new venture, richly funded.
Top young writers were determined not to be left behind.
Eszterhas packaged his ware as a hot new brand the erotic thriller.
Some of their movies were even far from blah.
