Movies about Writing.

[LeChuck]

The best, obviously, is Barton Fink, but some runners up are the hilariously innacurate writer-gets-girl movies Breakfast at Tiffany's and D.Q. Adaptation is meh for me. Does anyone else have any favorites in this admittedly small genre?

 

[StrainedEyes]

Does The Shining count? Cause if so... that.

 

[Steve Rogers]

Stranger than Fiction and Finding Forrester.

 

[LeChuck]

Does The Shining count? Cause if so... that.

Oh yeah, definitely the Shining. I always forget that one, that's a really great one.

 

[Mr.E.Nygma]

I wish Cyrano De Bergerac would count but...

 

[ChickenScratch]

Wonder Boys

 

[Donnie Darko]

does Funny Farm count?

 

[Sundancer]

does Funny Farm count?

In that and the Shining, the writing is merely part of character, not the story.

John Candy did a movie about writing, but I forgot the name.


Do you include journalism? Never been Kissed. Poetry? Dead Poet's Society

 

[Max J Power]

Barton Fink and Stranger Than Fiction.

 

[Rez]

How can anyone say Adaptation is meh?!

I'd place it right up there with Barton Fink.

Also fantastic is Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. While not a film, the show Californication currently on Showtime is a pretty fantastic "writers" show.

But for my money, the BEST movie about writing is NAKED LUNCH. Barton Fink can show you the eye of the mind, but Naked Lunch can show you a vagina typewriter that you have sex with, among other fantastic things.

 

[Timstuff]

YOU'RE THE MAN NOW DOG!

^ Finding Forester w/ Sean Connery

 

[Steve Rogers]

In that and the Shining, the writing is merely part of character, not the story.

John Candy did a movie about writing, but I forgot the name.


Do you include journalism? Never been Kissed. Poetry? Dead Poet's Society

Delirious.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Barton Fink and Adaptation are the only ones I can think of. Both brilliant.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

The Shining is about writing as much as Jaws is about police procedural techniques.

 

[Cinemaman]

Adaptation is the best one, I loved this film. Kaufman made a real masterpece.

I also liked Permanent Midnight, it's biopic about one TV writer Jerry Stahl.

nfortunately, I ahven't seen Barton Fink yet

 

[Spidey Snooch]

Misery. Nuff said.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

The Shining is about writing as much as Jaws is about police procedural techniques.

Hahaha, very true.

 

[Obi-Ron]

The Dark Half : "A writer's fictional alter-ego wants to take over his life...at any price"

 

[NickSox]

The Dark Half : "A writer's fictional alter-ego wants to take over his life...at any price"

It was a good book but I didn't like the movie nearly as much

 

[Steve Rogers]

The Shining is about writing as much as Jaws is about police procedural techniques.

One of the best posts I've read all day.