DZ-88: Drama in Genre clothing

Listen if you're writing a genre film but sense your story wants to become something else entirely.

Stu and Chas reunite with TV writer & director Kodie Bedford to look at how some films start out as genre but gradually become character dramas. Or, as Stu never said on the episode "Genre in the streets, Drama in the sheets".

Together, they break down HUSTLERS, PIG and POWER OF THE DOG, to see how these films use their genre trappings to hook their audience while ultimately delivering something else entirely. We discuss chapter breaks, inciting incidents, character questions, theme and MORE.

Thanks to Chris Walker for editing this episode.

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

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CHAPTERS

• 00:00:01 – Intro
• 00:00:56 – Drama in Genre Clothing
• 00:02:21 – Sam Elliot on Power of the Dog
• 00:03:19 – Lessons from Keeping Genre Fresh
• 00:08:14 – Hustlers
• 00:43:58 – Pig
• 01:16:24 – The Power of the Dog
• 01:55:02 – Key Learnings and Wrap Up

FILMS

• HUSTLERS (2019) — (w) Lorene Scafaria
• PIG (2021) — (w) Michael Sarnoski, Michael Sarnoski, Vanessa Block (d) Michael Sarnoski
• THE POWER OF THE DOG (2021) — (w) Jane Campion, Thomas Savage (d) Jane Campion

SCRIPTS

• Study the script: HUSTLERS (2019) — Lorene Scafaria
• Study the script: THE POWER OF THE DOG (2021) — Jane Campion, Thomas Savage

LINKS

• Website: Kodie Bedford: Breaking down characters and worlds

EPISODES IN THE TWISTING GENRE SERIES

• DZ-87: Keeping Genre Fresh
• DZ-88: Drama in Genre clothing

RELATED EPISODES

• DZ-87: Keeping Genre Fresh

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