The inherently hot ticket that is SBIFF’s screenwriters panel upped the game yet further this year, packing the Arlington stage with all of the current Oscar noms in the writing categories — original and adapted screenplays.
What follows are a few of the many comments overheard at the star-studded panel.
Daniel Scheinert, one of the dynamic filmmaking duo known as the “Daniels” and co-concocter of the wild but sweet Everything Everywhere All at Once, is rightfully riding a buzz of cult-like appreciation gone big, and gone Oscar-nommed. As he said at the Arlington, “This is our Marvel movie, which took six years to write.” A critical moment in getting the film made was sealing the deal for Michelle Yeoh’s involvement, but “Michelle’s schedule kept changing, which allowed us to rework things.” As for the film’s wild ride structure, Scheinert admitted, “We’re attracted to tonal shifts. It’s our mantra.”