Screenwriter DAVID GOYER: Tricks of the Trade

David S. Goyer has a deliciously twisted mind. (They don't call him "The Prince of Darkness" for nothing.) And he knows how to bring comic book characters and superheroes to kicking, screaming, vengeful life, as he did in The Crow: City of Angels, the Blade series, and Batman Begins. His intense Batman screenplay, written with director Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia), resurrected the moribund Dark Knight franchise and confirmed his writing voice as a go-to source for a green light. Here, in this wry and surprising dialogue, Goyer reveals his tricks of the trade for how to intimidate a room full of studio executives, when to stand on principle, how to hook an actor's ego with killer character descriptions and dialogue, and why fear can pay the bills.

This video is an excerpt from the full interview, available on DVD at TheDialogueSeries.com .

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[DannyBoy443]

@HotPocketsBoy It can summed up by saying two things: 1) Having standards this young means something, and mine are pretty high for life over all from food to girls...2) Keeping things interesting is important in life. I don't know how old you are, but remember that well. I did and it helped big time.

[HotPocketsBoy]

@DannyBoy443 lol no prob

[DannyBoy443]

@HotPocketsBoy Thanks btw I appreciate it. 

[DannyBoy443]

@HotPocketsBoy No not really but it helps if he's more interesting looking or something. Like I said if his personality was better it would pop a little more and be more interesting.

[HotPocketsBoy]

@DannyBoy443 wow lmao comment of the decade. but does it matter his nationality? i dont think it his fault he looks like that lol

[DannyBoy443]

@HotPocketsBoy And jeans? JEANS!?!! As soon as I saw him in those 90s pieces of crap I closed the video immediately. Plus like I said, he's boring. Entertainment is reciprocal. Even in an interview, both people are supposed to be interesting. Look at every host on TV. There isn't anything there. No screens with art or lights, no fucking merry go rounds or music. It's just them, and I get that it's supposed to be serious, but SOMETHING has to pop and sizzle in this interview. Just sad.

[DannyBoy443]

@HotPocketsBoy Seriously? First of all, he's boring as fuck. He doesn't even know (or is aware of) his hands in the interview nor how to use them in speaking well. Second, I don't know who the fuck dressed him, but when the guest is wearing black, you don't do the same. Third, wtf is he? Spanish? Italian? Indian? Native American? Also, both legs are crossed. That's a big faux pas in social norms. You're always supposed to let the guest be individual and not copy them. He sucks at his job.

[HotPocketsBoy]

@DannyBoy443 lol wut?

[DannyBoy443]

That interviewer needs to pick a fucking personality and a nationality.

[cr33pyGamer]

@shockingpinks yeah i was wondering myself..... like for batman begins- what did the outline look like/contain?