I watched most of "The Big Picture" when it aired on a local tv station a month or so ago. It's about a student who wins the top award for his student film at the American Film Institute. It then follows his attempts after graduation to get a film produced with a major company. For a film that presumably is supposed to be insightful about the film industry, it seemed to become more generic and mainstream in its storyline as the film progressed. The last forty five minutes or so really deteriotated and I stopped watching it. Some parts of the movie are funny, and make fun of the moviemaking process, but I don't think it tells much about scriptwriting, unless you want to talk about ow "The Big Picture" itself faulters in that area. I think the comedy, "Mistress", has some more ironic, interesting comments on screenwriting than "The Big Picture" does. There is also a show I saw on PBSa number of months ago that was about the life of the screenwriter. There were some interesting comments by James L. brooks, and Oliver Stone too, among others. I don't remember the name of the show, though. In fact, I may have missed the title completely. But it was interesting. I don't know if you are only looking for fiction films, though. David Mirsky