For weeks after 9/11 you could smell the dust and pulverised concrete in New York, and the National Guard came in, so there was a military presence on the streets. It was intense. Overwhelming. Heartbreaking. Mark Boal concretedustguard share on social
Passage of time can be mind-numbing to figure out in a screenplay. It's the easiest thing to do in prose, not just by writing 'four years later', but you can shift time in a sentence or two. Mark Boal easyfiguremind Change image and share on social
I've always been a fan of books that create an interesting blend of fact and fiction - whether it's Norman Mailer, or 'The Short Timers,' or 'In Cold Blood.' I'm a fan of that genre. Mark Boal blendbloodbook Change image and share on social
9/11, the wars and terrorism have affected all of us in different ways: people who lost family on 9/11, the people who lost family in the wars and people who lost family in various terrorist attacks that have occurred since. Mark Boal affectattackfamily share on social
Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. That's what a vibrant, artistically alert community should be doing. After all, it would be sad if we only made films about alien robots. Mark Boal alertalienartistically share on social
I write on a computer, on a laptop or whatever. Mark Boal computerlaptopwrite Change image and share on social
I had no idea what it would be like to be a bomb tech in Baghdad until I got there so I didn't know what to expect. It was very eye-opening. Mark Boal baghdadbombexpect Change image and share on social
I mean, journalism is very detailed... you try to get down in the weeds and sort out exactly what happened. And I don't think that a feature film is really a place where that happens. Mark Boal detailfeaturefilm Change image and share on social
The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range. Mark Boal dramaticfactfilm Change image and share on social
