Want to make movies better? Give screenwriters more power.

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David Kipen's "The Shreiber Theory, a radical rewrite of film
history" argues that screenwriters deserve a lot more respect for
their work, and film lovers and scholars have a lot to learn by paying
careful attention to writers and their craft. I interviewed him live
on KPFA on Friday, April 16, 2010 for the show "Open Book."