The Oscar-winning screenwriter passed away on Wednesday at the age of 95. NY Times obit here.
A page from his typewritten script (with handwritten notes included) for On the Waterfront below.
Goosebumps. I love relics like that so much. There are some objects like that (and some awesome photos too) included in the exhibit at the Hoboken Historical Museum too (Hoboken, of course, is where Waterfront was filmed).
A controversial figure, a pugnacious fighter (not to mention one of the best writers about the sport of boxing
Rest in peace.
And John Hughes. :(
Yes, I know. Of course I am aware that John Hughes has passed away. But Budd Schulberg is the one who got me more – that’s why I posted on him, not Hughes. Not trying to be dismissive – just trying to keep the focus. Schulberg’s contribution to American cinema is one of the reasons that, well, I am the way I am. He helped create the modern American movie. I encountered him early. He had a profound impact.
I am not the AP – I pretty much post what REALLY gets to me. I am sad about Hughes, of course – but it’s Schulberg who really made the dent – not just in my life (although that’s huge), but in American cinema.
A giant has passed away. The man who wrote “I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody.”
To quote Arthur Miller (who collaborated with Schulberg): from Death of a Salesman: “Attention must be paid.”
Attention must be paid to the passing of a man such as Budd Schulberg.
Hughes has his place. Let others speak of it. Here – I would like to reflect on Schulberg. Not to dis other people’s sadness and mourning – like yours – and also mine, come to think of it – but this is a post about Schulberg, a mammoth figure in 20th century literature and movies.
Nor was I trying to deflect attention away from Schulberg. Just making the point that it’s a hard day for film.
Kazan promised not to change a line in A Face In The Crowd, and Budd promised to be behind the camera from the first day in Arkansas to the last shot in NY. They casted, styled, improvised…did the whole thing together. What a team.
And while I’m at it…what a great, literate blog you have.
Died a great American screen writer.how sad news.
Thanks, Phil!
There are some very good anecdotes about Schulberg in Arthur Miller’s memoir Timebends but since my books are still in shambles having just moved I couldn’t find it.
I love what you say about the Kazan/Schulberg team – that’s one of the things I really get about the man – he did not work in isolation (although of course there was much of it, there is for any writer) – but he was a very good collaborator as well.
I love that the direction is that terry is “agonized”