The 50 best films about writers, ranked

[Mark Kohut]

YES to Capote, how could they miss it? 

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> On Oct 18, 2014, at 10:02 AM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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> Yes, The Lost Weekend seems the quintessential alcoholic writer movie. And I expected to see Capote up there in the top ten.
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> 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:
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>>>>>> http://flavorwire.com/481487/50-best-films-about-writers-ranked
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