- Kelly Masterson
Kelly Masterson is an American screenwriter, playwright and writer who currently lives in Southern California. He wrote the screenplay for the film "
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ", for which he is best known. Before moving to New York to stage several of his early plays, he studiedTheology at theUniversity of California, Davis . [Dylan Callaghan, Writers Guild of America, West, "The Devil Is in the Dialogue," http://www.wga.org/subpage.aspx?id=2525] In describing his script for "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead ," he has said::"I don't know. It was winter, and I was depressed I guess when I was writing it. I'm fascinated by the folly of human nature. I love characters who we understand and sympathize with, but we just shake our heads at how stupidly they act. This probably comes from my theology background but I love the big themes of good and evil and how we're such a combination of both. We try to chart a path that's on the side of good, but we all have evil impulses in us." ["Id."]
He tried to get the script made for seven years before director
Sidney Lumet agreed to direct it.References
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