The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Attanasio

The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Attanasio (An interview series that gives unprecedented looks into the lives of working screenwriters.)

Paul Attanasio's nuanced screenplays for Quiz Show and Donnie Brasco earned him Oscar nominations, and he recently wrote The Good German for Steven Soderbergh. In this intense dialogue, Attanasio describes how he transformed himself from "snotty" Washington Post film critic to master of adaptations for Oscar-winning directors Robert Redford, Barry Levinson, and Soderbergh.

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Paul Attanasio

As Himself

Michael De Luca

As Himself