DZ-04: Catharsis and the Post-Coital Cigarette

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Stu and Chas are joined by their first guest – illustrious script developer and producer Stephen Cleary – to explore how certain films can trigger an outpouring of emotion from the audience. Turns out that Aristotle may have figured it out a few thousand years ago and called it Catharsis.

To examine how Catharsis can be triggered by a sequence of fixed beats, Stu, Chas and Stephen zone in on the last few pages of FIELD OF DREAMS, TOY STORY 3 and SE7EN. And Stu brings up FROZEN. Again.

Thanks to Noisepig Productions for location recording and producing this episode.

As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.

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FILMS

• FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) — (w) Phil Alden Robinson, Wp Kinsella (d) Phil Alden Robinson
• TOY STORY 3 (2010) — (w) Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich (d) Lee Unkrich
• SE7EN (1995) — (w) Andrew Kevin Walker (d) David Fincher

SCRIPTS

• Study the script: FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) — Phil Alden Robinson, Wp Kinsella
• Study the script: TOY STORY 3 (2010) — Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
• Study the script: SE7EN (1995) — Andrew Kevin Walker

LINKS

• Script: FROZEN by Jennifer Lee - Last 10 pages. For educational purposes only
• Script: FIELD OF DREAMS by Phil Alden Robinson -- Last 5 pages. For educational purposes only
• Script: SE7EN by Andrew Kevin Walker -- Last 18 pages. For educational purposes only
• YouTube: Field of Dreams -- "Ray meets his father" (Youtube)
• YouTube: Field of Dreams -- "You're not invited" (Youtube)
• YouTube: Se7en - "The Box" (Youtube)
• Read: Scriptchat Archives

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