A spate of recent movies—films as disparate as Wonder Boys, Adaptation, The Door in the Floor, Sideways, and Sylvia—all share one thing: a failed or troubled writer as protagonist. There are excellent reasons for this. Who wants to accompany, say, John Updike through a day of fervid composition and phone calls from magazine editors offering choice assignments, topped off by (...)
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Literary Conceits
‘THE SQUID AND THE WHALE' & ‘CAPOTE'
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