Tag: Anthony Shaffer
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Sleuth 1972 on Blu-ray
At last! The Blu-ray holy grail! For years, I’ve been convinced we would never see a decent home video release of the ultimate two-hander, the parlor mystery that pits wealthy blue-blood Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier) against first-generation Brit Milo Tindle (Michael Caine). Written by Anthony Shaffer and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the film made…
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Countdown to Mystery: The Last of Shelia
One strategy for writing an effective mystery: plot backward. Determine the ending, build from there. I’ve heard that’s the strategy employed by actor Anthony Perkins (Murder in the Orient Express, Psycho) and Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim (A Little Night Music, West Side Story) in writing their only produced screenplay – the intricately plotted who-done-it The…