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Video interview: J.J. Abrams (Armageddon, Lost)

He’s brought us movies such as:

Regarding Henry (1990)

Armageddon (1998)

Mission Impossible III (2006)

But it’s on the TV side where J.J. Abrams has really made his mark:

Felicity

Alias

Lost

Those are three big hits.

Courtesy of the fantastic lecture resource website TED, here is a wonderful chat with screenwriter-director-producer J.J. Abrams.

http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/loader.swf

One thought on “Video interview: J.J. Abrams (Armageddon, Lost)

  1. Great stuff – funny man.

    I love his take on the Mystery Box:

    The blank page is the Mystery Box
    What are stories but Mystery Boxes?

    I thought ‘Alice was down the rabbit hole at the end of page one.’ Could be a great mantra… now…? I think it will be: ‘Alice should be in the Mystery Box at the end of page one.’

    Thanks for this one, Scott.

    Keep Writing,
    Mike

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