The 50 best films about writers, ranked

[Mark Kohut]

CONTEMPT is a great, great, film. 

Maybe I will tell a personal anecdote about seeing it to the P-list but, if not, did you know that the house where it was filmed was--or had been, dunno--writer Curzio Malaparte's digs? 

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> On Oct 18, 2014, at 9:22 AM, Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi> wrote:
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> A good one, Kai.
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> I haven't seen #1 either, would love to. Barton Fink, yes, but I'm quite
> surprised to see Wilder's The Lost Weekend (1945) missing from the list
> completely as I think it's on a par with BF. And, the photo accompanying
> Godard's Contempt is from Truffaut's Day for Night... Whick makes this
> European elitist realize that Godard's Moravia adaptation is the best
> fílm in the lot.
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> Heikki
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>> On Sat, 18 Oct 2014, John Bailey wrote:
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>> Touche, Kai.
>> 
>> I would rank #2 (Barton Fink) in that top spot but I haven't heard of
>> the number one film so I'll give it a chance.
>> 
>> But Wonder Boys at #3? In fact, any "campus novel" let alone a film
>> adaptation starring Michael Douglas in any top ten anywhere? Convince
>> me that's acceptable, people.
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>>> On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> We really need a "like" button here ...
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>>> On Saturday, October 18, 2014, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Why didn't "The Robert Musil Story" with Pee-wee Herman make it to the
>>>> list?
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>>>>> On 18.10.2014 11:04, Dave Monroe wrote:
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>>>>> http://flavorwire.com/481487/50-best-films-about-writers-ranked
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