THE OFFICIAL TOM LAZARUS AUDITION TAPE
Due to unprecedented demand….
NEW VIDEO
on the TOM LAZARUS channel on YOUTUBE is the video entitled: CLAUDE DEBUSSY’S CLAIR DE LUNE PERFORMED BY TOM LAZARUS It’s the crowning achievement of a decades long career in movies and television
ALLIANCE OF LOS ANGELES PLAYWRIGHTS SELECTS ‘ARS GRATIA ARTIS’
Ars Gratia Artis by Tom Lazarus has been selected for the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights New Works Lab at the Sierra Madre Playhouse – one night only! Monday, June 13th, 7:00pm 87 Sierra Madre Blvd. Sierra Madre, CA 91024 Admission is free. On the MGM lot in 1929, glamour photographer George Hurrell fulfills his […]
THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT RULE IN SCREENWRITING
Every scene must move the story forward. If you can remove the scene without changing the ‘A’ story, then remove it. Those of you who have spent time in the editing room cutting a rough cut down to running time know that the first scenes to go are the ones that don’t change the ‘A’ […]
FILM ILLITERACY, YIKES!
I was recently hired for a script consultation by a serious young writer who keeps current with all the latest movies. As I gave him notes on his screenplay, I would occasionally mention a film as a reference, a teaching moment, but he apparently had no knowledge of any film made more than three years ago. […]
What is so striking to meare the reports that Kobe Bryant, upon his retirement, was described by all close to him that he was the hardest worker on the squad, first to practice, the last player to take a shot. He worked harder than anyone on the squad. And was better than anyone else on […]
Some movies I’ve loved recently
PAWN SACRIFICE – with Toby McGuire as Chess genius Bobby Fischer and Leiv Shrieber as Boris Spassky. A strange story about a strange man. Well done. THE PALM BEACH STORY – The quintessential Preston Sturges classic with Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrae…a precursor to SOME LIKE IT HOT in many ways…quite wonderful…a ‘broke’ couple living […]
