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Guillermo Arriaga's Screenwriters' Lecture

"The process of discovering art is the same as of discovering love: you need surprises." (Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)

Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Guillermo Arriaga

"The process of discovering art is the same as of discovering love: you need surprises." (Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)
"I like to write scenes in a dialectic way. Each character enters a scene with a different dramatic objective." (Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)

Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Guillermo Arriaga

"I like to write scenes in a dialectic way. Each character enters a scene with a different dramatic objective." (Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)
Arriaga on Babel's director: "Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu is a brilliant director with whom I disagree profoundly." (Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)

Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Guillermo Arriaga

Arriaga on Babel's director: "Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu is a brilliant director with whom I disagree profoundly." (Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)
"I don't do any research. I'm not interested in knowing where my characters 'come from'." (Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)

Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Guillermo Arriaga

"I don't do any research. I'm not interested in knowing where my characters 'come from'." (Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)
Arriaga on new trends: "I told Tarantino, 'you've ruined cinema - everyone's trying to write dialogue only you can write.'" (Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)

Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Guillermo Arriaga

Arriaga on new trends: "I told Tarantino, 'you've ruined cinema - everyone's trying to write dialogue only you can write.'" (Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)
The event was held at the British Film Institute in London. (Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)

Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Guillermo Arriaga

The event was held at the British Film Institute in London. (Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)
"Each story has a different way to be told. If the classical three part structure works, great. If not, so what?"(Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)

Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Guillermo Arriaga

"Each story has a different way to be told. If the classical three part structure works, great. If not, so what?"(Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)
(Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)

Screenwriters' Lecture Series - Guillermo Arriaga

(Picture: BAFTA / J. Birch)