Riding the New Wave: The Case of Bonnie and Clyde Elaine Lennon February 2006 Feature Articles A further instalment (see Issue 37) on the career of this fabled American screenwriter. Elaine Lennon examines in detail Towne’s contribution to this key film of the post-classical Hollywood era.
The Edge of Melancholy: Shampoo Elaine Lennon October 2005 Spotlight on Screenwriter Robert Towne I. Roots A number of factors, and people, contributed to the writing of Shampoo: in the late 1960s, I found myself in London. It was as far back as then that I began a first draft of my idea for Shampoo. B...
A Question of Authorship: The Yakuza Elaine Lennon October 2005 Spotlight on Screenwriter Robert Towne Schrader vs Schrader Martin Scorsese read “The Yakuza”, a speculative script sold in a spectacular bidding war in Hollywood in 1974. He wasn't the director Paul Schrader wanted, however; according to Peter B...