Backstory 5: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1990s

General Index

Acheson, Jim, 204n3 Actors: input into scripts, 81, 165; Sayles’s collaboration with, 181–82; writing for, 53; young, 66 Aimée, Anouk, 207 Ali, Muhammad, 157–58, 159 Allen, Woody, 142 Altman, Robert, 3, 205; collaboration with Turner, 206, 207, 215–17; death of, 217, 220n10 Amis, Martin, 47, 59n1 Anderson, Michael, 204n2 Anderson, Paul Thomas, 109 Angel, Danny, 192 Angleton, James, 162–63 “Angry Young Man” films, 191 Anniston, Jennifer, 69n2 Antonioni, Michaelangelo: collaboration with Wurlitzer, 222, 229–30; appreciation for language, 230; illness of, 229 Archetypes: of fools, 96; Jungian, 95 Arkin, Alan, 232, 233 Arlen, Alice: collaboration with Ephron, 35, 37–38, 39 Ashby, Hal, 139, 222, 226, 231; death of, 232 Audiences, contracts with, 9 August, Bille, 233 Azenberg, Manny, 200 Baby Boomers, 6 Bacon, Kevin, 63 Badie, Mina, 205 Badiyi, Reza, 205 Bale, Christian, 197 Balhaus, Michael, 11–12, 20n1 Ballard, Carroll: collaboration with Wurlitzer, 222, 230 Ballard, J. G., 194, 197 Bana, Eric, 164 Bauby, Jean-Dominique, 45, 54, 55 Baumbach, Noah, 205 Bearden, Milt, 162 Beatty, Warren, 124 Beckett, Samuel, 191; influence on Wurlitzer, 232 Benedek, Barbara, 144 Bening, Annette, 52–53 Benny, Jack, 9 Beresford, Bruce, 105 Bergman, Ingmar, 28, 210 Bergman, Ingrid, 90 Bergman, Lowell, 154, 155, 156–57 Bernstein, Carl, 34, 39 Bernstein, Elmer, 206 Bertolucci, Bernardo: collaboration with Wurlitzer, 222, 230–31 Bishop, Larry, 17 Blanchett, Kate, 165 Bogarde, Dirk, 192 237 GENERAL INDEX McGilligan_Genral Index 8/7/09 11:50 AM Page 237 Bosco, Philip, 79 Bottle stories, 82, 89n1 Boulanger, Nadia, 223 Brandman, Michael, 200 Brenner, Marie, 154 Bridges, Jeff, 5; in The Fisher King, 95; in The Mirror Has Two Faces, 101, 102, 103 Broderick, Matthew, 66 Brook, Peter: collaboration with Carrière, 22 Brooks, Adam, 108 Brooks, Albert, 2; at Carnegie-Mellon, 17; casting process of, 12–13; collaboration with Monica Johnson, 5, 13–14, 20n2; directorial career of, 6; on evolution of filmmaking, 11–12; exploration of fears, 7; filmography of, 19–20; improvisation by, 18; movie roles of, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16–19, 20; as prodigy, 14; protagonists of, 6; realism of, 7–8; satirization of Hollywood, 5–6; stand-up comedy of, 17–18; television work of, 7–8, 16, 17–18, 20; therapy in films of, 11; use of technology, 11 Brooks, James L., 6 Brooks, Mel, 3; collaboration with Levinson, 114, 117–18, 123; contribution to Diner, 118 Bruckheimer, Jerry, 99, 100 Buñuel, Luis: collaboration with Carrière, 21, 23–24, 26, 77 Burnett, Carol: Levinson’s writing for, 114, 116–17 Burroughs, William S., 221 Burton, Richard, 204n2 Busia, Akosua, 108 Campbell, Neve, 215 Candy, John, 11, 60, 67, 100; improvisation by, 66 Carrey, Jim, 13 Carrière, Jean-Claude, 2; awards of, 21, 22, 33; collaboration with Brook, 22; collaboration with Buñuel, 21, 23–24, 26, 77; collaboration with Etaix, 22, 23, 24–25, 27; collaboration with Tati, 21–22, 24–25; fiction of, 21, 22; filmography of, 29–32; literary background of, 23; observational skills of, 24–25; published works of, 33; on screenwriters, 25; start in film industry , 21–22; television work of, 32–33 Cassavetes, John, 169 Cecci-d’Amico, Suso, 48 Chamberlain, Richard, 220n3 Chandler, Raymond, 174 Chase, Chevy, 65 Chayefsky, Paddy, 41 Cher, 143 Christie, Julie, 209, 220n3 Clark, Rod, 117 Coen brothers, 45, 146, 183 Collier, Jim, 136 Comedy: stand-up, 9, 17–18, 40; twenty-first century, 6–7 Conway, Tim, 114, 116 Cooder, Ry, 183 Cooper, Chris, 181, 182 Coppola, Francis: collaboration with Roth, 162 Corman, Roger: collaboration with Sayles, 170, 171–72 Corry, Will, 221, 224 Costner, Kevin, 153 Courtenay, Tom, 46 Cowboy Junkies (band), 182 Cox, Alex: collaboration with Wurlitzer, 222, 228–29, 232 Credits: determining of, 108–9, 112n2; for story, 164 Cristofer, Michael, 144 Crowe, Russell, 155 Cruise, Tom, 81, 125 Crystal, Billy, 35, 40, 41; collaboration with Roth, 142–43 Cumming, Alan, 205 Curtin, Valerie, 118, 119 Dali, Salvador, 24 Damon, Matt, 144, 162 Dangerfield, Rodney, 15 Daring, Mason, 183 238 GENERAL INDEX McGilligan_Genral Index 8/7/09 11:50 AM Page 238 Davis, Bette, 90, 91, 93 Davis, Judy, 99, 100 Davis, Lynn, 231 Dean, James, 139 De Havilland, Olivia, 90 DeLuca, Rudy, 117 Demme, Jonathan, 108 Demme, Ted, 90, 99 De Niro, Robert, 134; collaboration with Roth, 162–63 Dent, Alan, 45 De Palma, Brian, 71, 76, 175; collaboration with Koepp, 78–79, 82 Depp, Johnny...