Breaking Down DIE HARD's Writing Secrets


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Mar 31 2020 62 mins  
2018 marked the thirtieth anniversary of DIE HARD—arguably one of, if not the, best action films ever made.

To celebrate this momentous occasion and the film itself, I thought it’d be cool to dig into why Die Hard works as well as it does, and how so much of that comes right down to the film’s writing.

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Read the screenplay here: http://screencraft.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/die_hard_screenplay.pdf

Read the Creative Screenwriting interview with Steven E. DeSouza here: https://creativescreenwriting.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-action-movie-steven-e-de-souza-on-screenwriting/

Listen to Ryan Seacrest’s interview with Bruce Willis here: https://soundcloud.com/ryanseacrest/bruce-willis-reveals-where

Read the L.A. Taco article, including the interview with Jackson De Govia, about Fox Plaza here: http://www.lataco.com/this-is-the-century-city-skyscraper-that-became-a-leading-man-with-bruce-willis-in-die-hard-30-years-later/

Read io9’s article about visiting Fox Plaza here: https://io9.gizmodo.com/i-went-to-die-hards-nakatomi-plaza-and-not-a-single-hos-1828012587

Watch Bruce Willis at his Comedy Central roast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pspgy1hFFpk

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