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#47 - Knives Out (2019)

Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast

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I thought it was very clever structurally, because we get the lock in. You get like a midpoint where the wheel is red. And then so it raises the stakes because now all the knives are out for her. That's what I mean. We get a bunch of villains' plans at the front end, but it doesn't treat it that way at all. As far as the way it's written, it's really cool structure. It has some great hits, the beats really in a cool way.

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