Contour At The Movies

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  This blog looks at films -- current and past, in the theatres and on DVD -- and analyzes how they measure up to the Four Questions and Four Archetypes; two components of Mariner Software's new story structure program CONTOUR. Invariably, in each analysis there will be SPOILERS.
  
  If I may suggest...please see the movie first and then read the analysis on this blog. Or don't. But don't say I didn't warn you!
  

  -- Jeffrey Alan Schechter

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