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Jun 22, 2012 · Marking the directorial debut of Lorene Scafaria, best known for writing Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist, the film stars Steve Carell as an insurance salesman named Dodge and Keira Knightley as Penny. The two lonely souls band together on road trip to find Dodge’s lost love and Penny’s family in the weeks before a meteor wipes out life ...
More of a romantic comedy than a quote-unquote “disaster movie,” the deeply affecting Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is a natural next-step for Scafaria, a New Jersey native whose ...
Sep 5, 2019 · Scafaria doesn’t offer easy answers, and even her own characters have very different takes on the morality of what those eponymous hustlers manage to accomplish with their wiles and wit.
Lorene Scafaria was trying to make it in the film business when she lost her job answering phones at the now-defunct indie Shooting Gallery, which prompted her to use their stationery to send out ...
Mar 15, 2012 · But today is different. I think Lorene is just really gifted. She sees people/characters in a way no other writer does. That talent is the one that truly separates screenwriters in my eyes – the ability to craft interesting, unique and realistic characters. My fawning over Lorene's talent probably isn’t a surprise.
Dec 14, 2019 · While promoting the home video release of Hustlers, writer/director Lorene Scafaria spoke to Screen Rant about developing the film. She talks about her long road to the director's chair and the numerous rewrites she made to her initial script. She dishes on how she managed to cast the great Jennifer Lopez, and discusses the meta narrative of ...
Sep 28, 2019 · Jessica Goldstein. Jessica is a writer based in Washington, D.C. You can read her in The Washington Post , Vulture , McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and a bunch of other places. She's also the ...
