What's the best way to know if a movie will win Oscar gold or draw viewers to the theatre? Most of us hedge our bets based on who directed and acted in it. But film and book critic David Kipen argues that you can tell more about a movie based on who wrote it. Join Kojo for a post-Oscar test of the "Schreiber Theory".
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2006-03-06/writing-american-film-history
Writing & American Film History
Listen Monday, Mar. 6, 2006 at 12:06 p.m. in Arts & CultureGuests
David Kipen
Director of Literature, the National Endowment for the Arts.
Joe Barber
Arts Critic, WTOP; WETA's "Around Town"; Arts Columnist, The Current Newspapers
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