
Episode 100: No Country for Old Men
Beyond the Screenplay
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Theme in the Dna of Your Script
"This is a really good example of a movie that you should watch if you are, for some reason wary of putting theme in your story," said Lake. "You need to know what the hell it's about, not necessarily before you start writing, but defently before you start shooting." The opening monologue sets us off on a thematic trajectory, whichi never varies from,. Every scene is kind of about those things, or at least we can read them through that lens", she added.
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