Comments on: Who Was the First Movie Writer Whose Work You Intentionally Sought Out? https://popculturereferences.com/who-was-the-first-movie-writer-whose-work-you-intentionally-sought-out/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Thu, 14 Apr 2022 14:48:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Kevin Bicknell https://popculturereferences.com/who-was-the-first-movie-writer-whose-work-you-intentionally-sought-out/#comment-2860 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 14:48:23 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2063#comment-2860 I think W.D. Richter after Buckaroo Banzai for the whole shaggy-dog stoner take on action genres.

]]> By: Ed Buskirk https://popculturereferences.com/who-was-the-first-movie-writer-whose-work-you-intentionally-sought-out/#comment-2728 Tue, 05 Apr 2022 04:12:16 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2063#comment-2728 Woody Allen

]]> By: Graeme Burk https://popculturereferences.com/who-was-the-first-movie-writer-whose-work-you-intentionally-sought-out/#comment-2727 Tue, 05 Apr 2022 02:13:48 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2063#comment-2727 It’s complicated because I think the first real answer is Woody Allen, who’s a writer/director, but to be honest, it was more the writer side of him that interested me (this was the late ’80s / early ’90s) but, at the same time, that’s hard to judge because I think his directing plays a big part in anything he does.

So if we’re doing it purely based on a writer, then I’d probably say Richard LaGravenese, because The Fisher King knocked my socks off when I saw it– the dialogue was stunning and I loved the twists it took and the bravura of it and I saw a lot of movies purely because LaGravenese wrote it (and later he would also direct them). Sadly, I don’t think any of them were quite as good as The Fisher King! But my loyalty held true!

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