Some of the articles in this volume first appeared in Creative Screenwriting; sometimes in a different form than the one in which they appear here. These are: "Laughter Is Always Appropriate," "Trends In Screen Comedy," "Pop Go the Weasels: Quentin Tarantino's Use of Popular Culture," "A Network To Die For: 20 Years of Television Satire," "The Adaptable Altman," "Not Just Idle Chitchat: Dialogue in the Screenplays of Stanley Kubrick," "The Man Who Wasn't There: Narrative Ambiguity in Recent Hollywood Films" and "Definitely a David Cronenberg Film." My thanks to Erik Bauer for permission to republish these articles.
Some of the articles in this volume first appeared in Reel Independence, in either its print or online forms. These are: "Quick-Fix Voodoo Charm," "Oblivious To Oblivion," "Swallowing Childhood's Bitter Pills," "You've Never Been Kissed Like This Before," "Dem Bones, Dem Bones," "Lilies: Beyond Euro-pudding," "Digital Editing," "How To Run a Perfect Audition" and "Nailing Down the Ideal Documentary." My thanks to Lana McKenzie for permission to republish these articles.
