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A self-described "poet of pain," Paul Attanasio has forged a highly respected career as a master of challenging film adaptations. His nuanced and gripping screenplays for Quiz Show and Donnie Brasco earned him Oscar® nominations, and he brought sexy, character-driven life to the Michael Crichton page-turner, Disclosure. The Bronx-born writer created the acclaimed Peabody Award-winning television show Homicide: Life on the Street, and he serves as executive producer of the popular medical drama, House, M.D. Also a frequently hired script doctor, Attanasio most recently adapted the post-World War II novel The Good German for director Steven Soderbergh. In this intense dialogue, Attanasio describes how he went from lambasting movies as a "snotty" Washington Post film critic to developing explosive and rewarding creative partnerships with Oscar®-winning directors Robert Redford, Barry Levinson, and Soderbergh.

DVD Chapters

1. Intro
2. "5 or 6 Scenes and Something In-between"
3. "It Requires Some Chutzpah"
4. "That Kind of Dead-Eye Thing"
5. "A Very Strong Sense-Memory of Cake"
6. "Really Dumb But Really Shrewd"
7. "More Drugs, More Fighting and More Fun"
8. "The Poet of Pain"
9. "A Sympathy Hole"
10. "The First Ten Minutes"
11. "I Got Tight"
12. "Truth Is in Behavior"
13. "They Killed Off All the Producers"
14. "Wrong But Not Stupid"
15. "Surrendering to My Own Ineptitude"

Volume 6, No. 1