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Some additions to the good suggestions of Scott Hutchins and others:

Among more recent films, don't overlook
AMERICAN SPLENDOR (though Harvey Pekar is an unusual writer, to say the least)
THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, with Vincent D'Onofrio as Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian
PRICK UP YOUR EARS, about Joe Orton, with D'Onofrio again as his lover and killer
QUILLS--the Marquis de Sade

Bio-Pics:
VOLTAIRE, with George Arliss
THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, with Paul Muni
NORA, about Nora Barnacle and James Joyce
TOM AND VIV, about TS Eliot and his first wife
Danny Kaye in HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
JULIA, from Lillian Hellman's memoir (pace Mary McCarthy!)

Journalists:
All versions of THE FRONT PAGE, including HIS GIRL FRIDAY
GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN

Screenwriters:
SUNSET BOULEVARD
THE BIG KNIFE, with Jack Palance

Others:
various versions of LITTLE WOMEN
I REMEMBER MAMA
ENEMIES: A LOVE STORY (from an IB Singer story)
Sean Connery in A FINE MADNESS
LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT

And don't forget
Jack Nicholson's terminal writer's block in THE SHINING
THE NAKED LUNCH, with its interesting typewriter
Almost every other film by Woody Allen
DR. ZHIVAGO
Kathleen Turner as a romance novelist in ROMANCING THE STONE
Albert Finney in UNDER THE VOLCANO
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP


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"Only connect!"  --E.M. Forster
Donald F. Larsson
Department of English
Minnesota State University
Mankato, MN  56001
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From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List on behalf of Scott Hutchins
Sent: Fri 2/13/2004 8:13 PM
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Subject: Re: Films about Writers, Writing, etc.



Tenebre
The Wizard of Speed and Time
Adaptation.
King Lear (Godard)
Inferno (Argento)
The Dreamer of Oz
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Mr. Write
Barton Fink
The Hours
Hammett
The Lost Weekend
The End of the Affair

http://akas.imdb.com/List?keywords=writer&&tv=on

for more



> Date sent:      Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:01:57 -0500
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> Subject:        Films about Writers, Writing, etc.
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> Hello,
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> I am putting together a bibiliography for an upcoming course on Writers and
> Writing on screen.  Does anyone have any suggestions for films (I already
> have a lengthy list of recent American films from the early 90s on), or for
> books/essays about the way that writers and the writing process are
> portrayed on-screen?
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> Any and all suggestions welcome via private email:  [log in to unmask]
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> Thanks!
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> - Jessica Adams
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