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The Thriller: Scripting Seat-Gripping Suspenseplumbs nine-score thrillers for recurring features that build nape-prickling, heart-pounding suspense. Fodder for analysis embraces domestic and foreign fare, classic and contemporary, ranging fromGhost, Speed, Seven, Psycho,andThe Silence of the LambstoLa Femme NikitaandYogen [Premonition].Text eschews a connecting-the-dots, painting-by-numbers approach, in belief that formulas drain the lifeblood of creativity and inevitably spawn a ho-hum product. That said, the eight factors culled from the covered films constitute useful tools in the screenwriter's arsenal.Perhaps the best groundwork for a thriller is infiltrating the ATF/FBI/IRA, or a brigade of arms-running mercenaries. Short of that, watching films and reading scripts will work wonders. In that spirit, the book debuts three feature-film scripts for critical scrutiny: mystery thriller ?Stateline?; police thriller ?Cashing Out?; supernatural thriller ?Birthmarks.'Sarno, Gregory is the author of 'The Thriller: Scripting Seat-Gripping Suspense', published 2006 under ISBN 9780595412860 and ISBN 0595412866.
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