Still alive here, just working late shift one day, early shift another, late again. Blah. I hate not being able to see The Queen and The Prince other than passing them on our respective trips through the front door. Next weekend I'm off, so we'll have plenty of time together, and I'm counting the days.
I was writing the other night and I wondered as I do periodically about what Christopher McQuarrie is up to. It's been about ten years since The Usual Suspects and six since The Way of the Gun, where today's post title comes from. I can recall reading that he was working on an Alexander The Great project with Scorsese, but that's obviously gone away. He's got a couple of scripts in development according to Wikipedia. The thing that gnaws at me is this guy is what I'd consider to be a great screenwriter. The Usual Suspects got him the Oscar, but I'm more fond of The Way of the Gun for its no-apologies tone and blunt-force dialogue. I can't be the only person with the opinion that this guy can write, so I'm hoping to see his name back up on the screen soon.
One more thing about The Way of the Gun: I read little about it before going to see it, I just knew the cast and that McQuarrie had made it. After the first few minutes (you know what I'm talking about if you've seen it), I was hooked. Another filmgoer a few rows up must have felt differently as he started flailing his arms as though trying to wave off a runaway bus heading right for him. He finally gasped out a "No!", collected his coat and walked out. I watched him go, thought about it for a moment, and then settled further into my seat.
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McQuarrie got a deal writing for the Sci Fi channel, a new series called Snap: Persons Unknown.
I love Christopher’s work and can’t wait to see more from him. I heard he was working on the remake of Logan’s Run, but I also heard that Bryan Singer and a half dozen other scribes were working on that script.
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