Assuming That All Bad Girls Smoke. I

No One Is Going To Tell A Movie Star To Smoke Or Not Smoke Because They Can Do Whatever They Want.

And The Inner Dynamics Of Hollywood Are Like Politics. Say You Give A Script To A Group Of Executives - They All Sit Around, Afraid To Voice An Opinion, Saying Nothing, Waiting To Know What The Consensus Is. Just Like Focus Groups, Opinion Polls Or A Cabinet.

Now The Cigarette Companies Claim That They Don't Do That [ Pay To Have Their Product Advertised In Movies ] Anymore, Although It Certainly Makes You Wonder A Bit When An Independent Production Like "in The Bedroom", You Know, Seems To Focus Constantly On Marlboros And Almost It Turns Into A Marlboro Ad, Whether There Was Any Money Exchanged.

I Think To Put Death On Screen Where It Isn't That Turns It Into Comic Book Time And There I Think By Desensitizing An Audience, You Really Do Open The Possibility That Someone Is Going To Kill.

From A Writing Point Of View, You Now Have Teams Of Screenwriters Working With A Director. What's Lost In The Process Is The Power Of That One Heart, Brain, Gut And Soul That Makes Something An Original Piece Of Writing.