The Heart of the Film

Chapter 35

Sex Scenes

Having written screenplays for many years, for me, the three least interesting scenes to write are:

• 1) Sporting Events. (Cut to SCOREBOARD. 49 to 7)
• 2) Fight scenes. (My version: Sam throws the first punch. All hell breaks loose. The whole barroom gets into it. When the dust clears, Harry is dead with a knife in his chest. Sam is lying on the sidewalk in a pool of broken glass. And everyone else has taken off.) For the blow by blow, they have fight choreographers and stunt men. Your job is the story content: Harry, dead. Sam, not. Let them take care of the rest. Unless you have a great, original idea to offer (James Bond does parcours, or Jason Bourne can shoot bad guys while falling four flights down a stairwell, using ...