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Screenwriting, Adaptations and Wording with Peter Straughan

By Cameron Cubbison · March 17, 2015

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The writer behind Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Men Who Stare at Goats discusses the complexities of adaptation, and how he strives to weave together “a net of words and silence, images and music” in every script. (Via)

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