Set in a prison for criminally poor writers, a gang of cons get ahold of the script to their own lives and attempt to re-write it in order to make their escape
The concept of a protagonist with writer’s block may be one of the most hackneyed story starters out there. But, Gran and Woolley’s film takes a meta-storytelling approach, using conventional narrative tropes as a springboard to create something new. They giddily play with narrative structure, time, and place, all the while managing to establish a motley crew of jailbirds to root for (the character design is, quite simply, ace). But, beyond just being an exercise in witticisms and visual pizazz, the film is an astonishing example of script economy. Writers’ Block accomplishes in five minutes what a lesser live-action short might have done in twenty.
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Set in a prison for criminally poor writers, a gang of cons get ahold of the script to their own lives and attempt to re-write it in order to make their escape
The concept of a protagonist with writer’s block may be one of the most hackneyed story starters out there. But, Gran and Woolley’s film takes a meta-storytelling approach, using conventional narrative tropes as a springboard to create something new. They giddily play with narrative structure, time, and place, all the while managing to establish a motley crew of jailbirds to root for (the character design is, quite simply, ace). But, beyond just being an exercise in witticisms and visual pizazz, the film is an astonishing example of script economy. Writers’ Block accomplishes in five minutes what a lesser live-action short might have done in twenty.
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Set in a prison for criminally poor writers, a gang of cons get ahold of the script to their own lives and attempt to re-write it in order to make their escape
The concept of a protagonist with writer’s block may be one of the most hackneyed story starters out there. But, Gran and Woolley’s film takes a meta-storytelling approach, using conventional narrative tropes as a springboard to create something new. They giddily play with narrative structure, time, and place, all the while managing to establish a motley crew of jailbirds to root for (the character design is, quite simply, ace). But, beyond just being an exercise in witticisms and visual pizazz, the film is an astonishing example of script economy. Writers’ Block accomplishes in five minutes what a lesser live-action short might have done in twenty.
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