Walter Hill: Writing It Differently

There are different ways to write, well at least for most forms. Screenwriting seems to only have one way, that was until I discovered the brilliance of Walter Hill. His films are furious and well paced, much to my surprise so is his writing. This little doc explores his writing method and what inspired it.
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[@kissmyasthma3155]

Very revealing, I might actually try this technique come to think of it.

[@MichaelCouvaras]

Thanks for watching, yes definitely try it, it's very freeing.

[@ninfilms]

Great video. Walter Hill is a great writer and filmmaker.

[@MichaelCouvaras]

Thank you

[@guslima1130]

This is AMAZING. Deserves way more views. Watched "The Driver" earlier today, what a fucking picture.

[@gregoriodozzini5487]

Great video, very inspiring. Thank you.

[@JohnInTheShelter]

A fine piece about a guy I've been following for decades, since I read about him working on ALIEN in Cinefantastique magazine. Would like to see him write another ALIEN flick.

[@matthewschwartz6607]

Wasn’t Peckinpah a big alcoholic ?

[@MartinMunthe]

Finally people "get" Walter Hill. So well deserved. I remember sneaking into 48hrs as I wasn't old enough to watch it. I've viewed him as a master ever since and started reading him very early. He's had zero respect from the general movie goer and reviewer for so many years. Back inte the 80's he was viewed as just one of those action guys that made yawns. I would like to say that he is maybe the greatest of his generation. And being a bit out of sync with his times probably did not give him enough options with his material. A bit like John Milius that also is one of those directors that probably have a few master pieces in him that we are never going to see.

[@MichaelCouvaras]

Yeah, it's a shame really about that. He deserves more acclaim, however there seems to be an interest in his work now more as famous directors seem to reference him every now and again.

[@claduke]

Although I understood the point you were making, I think contrasting with Hemingway didn’t really make a whole lot of sense. I haven’t read him since high school, I think, but from what I understand, Hemingway rejected the “flowery descriptive” writing style in much the same way as Hill. That said, great video!

[@evancozad4637]

exactly

[@Arrogan28]

Ha. I think we discovered Walter Hills’ brilliance in a similar fashion. My father was a big western fan and i watched the movie Hard Times with him, and it left a long impression on me. That and Aliens led me to reading Walter Hills scripts. As a kid i also had discovered the warriors with friends so it was meant to be.

[@MichaelCouvaras]

First of all, thanks so much for watching I'm really grateful. Watching westerns with ones father or brother is always the best way to experience them as I did as well. Hard Times is a solid film with some memorable moments. And yes Alien and The Driver have some excellent minimal game changing writing right there. Great to hear that you too know the man and his work :)

[@Arrogan28]

Michael Couvaras i write scripts as well and found Hills terse style a revelation. That you could forgo sentence structure for poetry was exactly my take away. A way to convey far more information in less words.... far less pedestrian, and also, Hill’s sense of dialogue, story structure and of course his deep ingrained western genre fingerprints, strong sense of morality questions, usually against authority, make so many memorable scenes.

[@mitravic]

Here after reading HARD TIMES
Link to the interview mentioned in the video please?

[@rathodkaran6190]

You should read the screenplay for lawrence of arabia, it has this same haiku ness to it.

[@realmediummike]

Great Video man!

[@paulstreet763]

Great video, thanks for making this. Walter Hill is a legend, leaves is DNA in everything he writes and shoots.

[@hero-lucha5926]

Exactly thank you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@Malum09]

Underrated as a writer and director, everyone should check out his work

[@thegrimyeaper]

1:08 That was "BORING"!?!?!

[@zaianmiguel]

Please keep making content, my guy...these are awesome. Thank you for these💪✊️🤘
Keep it up sir

[@MartinMunthe]

Alexander Jabobs was probably inspired by the German screenwriter Carl Mayer. Look him up. He wrote The Cabinet of Caligari in this poetic form. He was fuckin amazing. So this is nothing new. It just wasn't a fit for the Hollywood factory formula.

[@dionbaia288]

PS, Walter Hill is f$*#ing awesome.

[@rhysseddon7279]

Thanks for doing this, great video essay

[@kamuelalee]

Walter "Badass" Hill

[@tizianomontanari3956]

Walter hill is a genius 👍❤

[@JAYSHANE487]

Thank you.

[@maxdembo2029]

Thanks for thie