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.

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Running Time: 87 minutes

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