Lang Thompson's mention of GOTHIC prompted me to recall James Whale's BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, which opens with Mary Shelly verbally recounting the new story she's been working on to Percy and Lord Byron. Don Larsson ----------------------------------------------- "Only connect!" --E.M. Forster Donald F. Larsson Department of English Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 [log in to unmask] ________________________________ From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List on behalf of Lang Thompson Sent: Sat 2/14/2004 11:05 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Films about Writers, Writing, etc. Others that may have been missed (and not including documentaries): Gothic Sade (Benoit Jacquot) Wilde Stevie Sylvia Mishima 84 Charing Cross (in a way) Total Eclipse Joe Gould's Secret Citizen Kane Love Actually Late August, Early September Birth of Love (though I can't remember if the writer character does any actual writing) McCarthy's If I Were King (about Villon) has been filmed at least four times, once with a Preston Sturges script Comanche Territory (loosely based on Perez-Reverte's experiences as journalist) Before Sunset maybe Rossellini's Augustine of Hippo and Blaise Pascal, possibly Acts of the Apostles but obviously not Socrates ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu