Yes, but can you make it a little more personal » 2010

There’s a story in there

Robert McKee has a simple and clear definition of story. Story begins when an event, either by human decision or accident in the universe, radically upsets the balance of forces ... Read on

Devil by your side

Sitting down to write a story about a dead man I feel a strange warmth on the back of my neck. It is the devil at my shoulder, ... Read on

Smiling Botox™ faces

All those smiling Botox™ faces, tight and polished and emotion free. Like empty mirrors. ... Read on

True fiction

It’s not often a book shakes me up like David Shields’ “Reality Hunger”. Shields’ plea for a literature beyond the confines of plot and character. Beyond the typical novel ... Read on

Blind ambition

Where does it come from. You’ve made the million dollars. You’ve won the awards. You’ve married the prettiest girl from school (who turned out to be the smartest). And still you ... Read on

Oh great, a fucking shitty mood

So I’m in an increasingly shitty mood because I haven’t done any writing today. No, instead of actually parking the ass and dancing the fingers I’ve been prancing around worrying ... Read on

Coming soon

Need to add “BOSCUTTI’S PURE ELVIS” to the menu with a link to join the mailing list to be first to be notified when the serial novel starts on ... Read on

Welcome to the new

All great works of literature either dissolve a genre or invent one. That’s what Walter Benjamin said. Who am I to argue with that. ... Read on

Push Elvis online

Two ways to extend “BOSCUTTI’S PURE ELVIS” online. Read and post the chapters online along the lines of podiobooks. Read and cut the chapters to stills treated to look like dot ... Read on

STEFANO BOSCUTTI is an independent writer and director and ideas man. He loves stories about true mavericks and outsiders who want to change the world. Larger than life characters who either wildly succeed or go down in flames. (Often both at the same time.) Boscutti's stories are usually laced with humor and a ton of irony. Question? Hey, you can ask him anything.

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"BOSCUTTI'S DON SIMPSON"

A notorious movie producer grapples with his demons as he struggles to make a film he is proud of. Based on an award-winning screenplay. It's a wild wide ride. Try and hang on. Available free online for a month as we prepare for publication.

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COMING REAL SOON, SON
"BOSCUTTI'S ELVIS PRESLEY"

An increasingly paranoid Elvis flees Graceland on a bizarre quest to meet President Nixon before Colonel Parker hauls his ass back to Memphis. Based on a true story. (Honestly, we've got the pictures to prove it.) To be published as a serial novel online. With a new chapter each day. Text, audio and video.

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"BOSCUTTI'S GREAT GATSBY"

All bow down to F. Scott Fitzgerald. The original story is beautiful but the film versions to date don't do it justice. Think the writer Nick Carraway is the hero of the story and Gatsby the metaphor for America? Read the film treatment.

"BOSCUTTI'S NEWSREEL"

Do you have any idea how many news shots and stories don't make mass media because some addled-headed celebrity glitzed the paparazzi? Want to see what you missed last year? Day by day? Amazing photographs cut to real music. View a year's worth of thought provoking slideshows.

"BOSCUTTI'S M"

Explore the mindset that compels a man to murder. Delve into the roles of memory, media and medication in contemporary society. With a little street justice thrown in. Arresting first independent feature inspired by both literature and film history. Based on an ominous story by Guy de Maupassant and a seminal film by Fritz Lang. View a clip and see who played a role in bringing it to life.

"BOSCUTTI'S THE WAY"

Based on the classic Tao Te Ching (Book of the Way and its Virtue). Time to turn on the enlightenment. View the series of short films.

"BOSCUTTI'S COCAINE"
Cops, guns and a guy named Jesus. Not just another deal gone wrong. Text it up. View the story clip.

PRIVATE ARCHIVES
It's a little squishy but kind of interesting. Sometimes thrilling and revealing at the same time. Keep hands inside the vehicle at all times.