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#21 - Home Alone (1990)

Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast

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The Old Man Marley Story

The old man Marley story makes Kevin afraid and it's sort of opposite thematic. He murdered his whole family. Even the shovel is there. It also sets up Kevin's fears because it came with a lot of fears. The tarantula is introduced buzz. How who's going to feed your spider when we're gone? And then what's awesome is in the background behind buzz, the BB gun hangs on the wall. So we set up the BB gun. Do you think that was written in? Absolutely. You think so? Yeah.

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