Writer/director James Mangold adores the taciturn Western hero, an archetype that he’s woven into some of his best-known work. Whether he’s crafting a story about a lonely cook (the 1995 indie Heavy), a suburban sheriff (Cop Land), or even country music legend Johnny Cash (2005’s Walk the Line), Mangold mines a reticence in his protagonists […]
via 6 Screenwriting Tips from Logan’s James Mangold — The Script Lab

