Hero's Journey (Monomyth): An Impossible Task (in all successful screenplays)
April 24th, 2009
Hero’s Journey (Monomyth): An Impossible Task (in all successful screenplays)
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There is only one story.
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Impossibility.
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The “Impossibilty Sequence” may or may not be part of the “Devolved State” state sequence - where it is demonstrated how far the Hero has to go / how much a Hero is a “Fish out of Water.”
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In Dances with Wolves (1990), John is told that going to the frontier is madness; the Indians are dangerous.
In Never Ending Story (1984), Bastian doesn’t believe the book is special and can open a door to a new world.
In The Godfather (1972), that Michael could become Don was unlikely.
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