{"product_id":"casablanca-blues-tahir-shah-9781912383597","title":"Casablanca Blues: The Screenplay","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn image had rooted itself in my mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat of an ingenuous fresh-faced American arriving at Casablanca's airport at the start of a mid-life crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI could see him clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDressed in a crumpled old Burberry raincoat and fedora, he was a clone of Humphrey Bogart of Rick's Caf  Americain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach night before I drifted off to sleep, I allowed myself to imagine the adventures of the \u003cem\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/em\u003e-obsessed visitor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin a week or so I had an entire storyline planned out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrilling down into the dark side of Morocco's seething modern metropolis, it exposed the subculture of speakeasies, gangsters, corruption, and vice - a realm inspired by Hollywood's own take on Casablanca.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm a book writer through and through, but believe writers should experiment, and so try my hand at screenplays from time to time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting movies is the absolute opposite of creating novels. Book writing is all about lavishing one's readers with sumptuous descriptions, and developing a story through a long, dependable text. Screenwriting is a case of less definitely being more. It's the \u003cem\u003enouvelle cuisine\u003c\/em\u003e of the writing business. Use a single word more than is needed, and you're guilty of the most terrible crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy hope is that in publishing \u003cem\u003eCasablanca Blues: The Screenplay\u003c\/em\u003e, I'll encourage other writers to free themselves from the rigidity of a single genre... to question how they work, and what they work on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, most of all, to remember to write for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tahir Shah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912383594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912383597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Secretum Mundi Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.89d","brand":"Tahir Shah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897071395071,"sku":"9781912383597","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_abf46780-6e0f-4737-a50d-c262db199fc3.jpg?v=1721373082","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/casablanca-blues-tahir-shah-9781912383597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}