How they write a script: Robert Towne

I like Towne’s approach. It’s like getting a calming slap across the face.

I didn’t realise until recently Towne had an uncredited role in writing on one of my all time favourite films, The Parallax View (1974). If you’ve not seen it you should, it’s a great piece of 1970’s conspiracy theory filmmaking, from Alan J. Pakula.