The 50 best films about writers, ranked

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Yes, The Lost Weekend seems the quintessential alcoholic writer movie. And I expected to see Capote up there in the top ten.

LK


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>From: Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi>
>Sent: Oct 18, 2014 10:22 AM
>To: John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>
>Cc: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>, Kai Frederik Lorentzen <lorentzen at hotmail.de>, pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: The 50 best films about writers, ranked
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>A good one, Kai.
>
>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:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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:
>> >>
>> >> Why didn't "The Robert Musil Story" with Pee-wee Herman make it to the
>> >> list?
>> >>
>> >> On 18.10.2014 11:04, Dave Monroe wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> http://flavorwire.com/481487/50-best-films-about-writers-ranked
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