TV's Great Writer: A Panel with David Milch

[@gerritpeacock8949]

I was just watching the Deadwood bicycle seen where Nuttall bets on his ability to ride the thoroughfare. It is such a blissful moment in that show, everything about it.

[@noldaker]

Thank you...An interview every writer should listen to and learn from.

[@Goremachine]

“Great writer”....”AN panel”....Absolutely brilliant.

[@austinboucher5286]

I'd love to see a novelization of Milch's original plans for deadwood season 4.

[@Jams1187]

If they even exist. Sounds like he's pretty spur of the moment.

[@DSTH323]

I already knew that NYPD Blue was different. My wife and I agreed with every binge watching on DVD through the years that this was no ordinary Cop show. Anybody watching the death of Bobby Simone and the David Caruso and Dennis Franz stories (and almost everything else apart from gratuitous sex scenes) could see this. We knew that the writers, producers and directors had accomplished something extraordinary. And we knew that three men, David Milch, Steven Bocho and David Mills had, through the infrastructure of a Cop Show, plumbed the depths of almost every aspect of the human spirit, of good, evil, and ambiguity in the complexity of being human beings. But while I had already knew all this I never expected David Milch's memoir (Life's Work) to reflect all of this in his own personal life and story. This book (and its amazingly narrated audible version) is no ordinary story. It is a telling that shows how real literature (for that's what this is) is rooted in the deepest parts of the human spirit with all of its triumphs, personal failings and hopes of redemption. Five-plus stars.

[@HarryPercival-d1n]

What an extraordinary man. I particularly loved his closing comment to the audience - after the whole evening of being incredibly loquacious, his words flowing easily, he stands up for a moment where he wants to appeal to his audience to call them to action, something he'd clearly planned to do in advance, and yet his words fail him and he's at his most incoherent and awkward - and also most moving i think. iirc, words to the effect of - our species is a fight for its very survival, but all of you here, as writers, please don't lose your faith in the power of mass media, in the power of your words to make a difference, please join me, and i'll help you if i can.

[@jaycareaga9929]

I really believe Dennis Franz patterned his portrayal of Sipowicz after David. The body language and speech patterns are almost exact. Not to mention their voices are similar.

[@andrewpereira9271]

Wonderful discussion, as it almost always is with Milch. I couldn't stop thinking the host was doing a Martin Scorsese imitation.

[@gerritpeacock8949]

Sad news that he has alzheimers. I love the story told about him and John Milius who was trying to finish his epic screenplay about Genghis Khan. Milch doesn't play into the video much but MILIUS can be found on KZbin. Free. Worth Watching

[@A427-w2v]

Would like to watch it! Do you have a link?

[@dzonbrodi514]

Holy shit that story about Mexico is crazy

[@volkanphoenix5441]

This guy is amazing.

[@inchworm9311]

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