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  1. 01-10-2012, 03:56 PM #1
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    Films concerning the writing process, novels, groups, etc

    I enjoy seeing films, either biographical or fictional, about writers, their foibles, their techniques, the odd writing cliche every now and again and even groups of writers (Mrs. Parker and The Vicious Circle, amongst others). Anyone else? Here's a list of films I enjoyed, and which we can hopefully expand with some other contributions. Just watching such films gets me fired up for some writing!

    Wonder Boys
    Mrs. Parker and The Vicious Circle
    Barton Fink
    Sunset Boulevard
    Dr. Zhivago
    Barfly
    Reds
    Shadowlands
    Misery
    In The Mouth of Madness
    The Breakfast Club
    Kafka
    Naked Lunch
    Finding Forrester
    Midnight in Paris
    End of The Affair
    The Shining
    Secret Window
    Sleuth
    Finding Neverland
    Wilde
    The Secrets in Their Eyes
    Sideways
    Quills
    The Last Station
    1408
    Becoming Jane
    Capote
    Henry & June
    The Lost Weekend
    I Shot Andy Warhol
    Piņero
    Il Postino
    Stranger than Fiction
    Adaptation

    Some are focused on writing more than others, understandably. I could watch Sideways a million times, and never become bored...

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    Adaptation was a good one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Like a Fox View Post
    Adaptation was a good one.
    Added, along with a short list retrieved from another webpage.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin View Post
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    Ah, but of course!
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    Geez, I haven't seen Wonder Boys in ages and I really loved that movie- thanks for the reminder, I'm going to go visit the DVD store looking for it now!
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    Quote Originally Posted by philistine View Post
    I enjoy seeing films, either biographical or fictional, about writers, their foibles, their techniques, the odd writing cliche every now and again and even groups of writers (Mrs. Parker and The Vicious Circle, amongst others). Anyone else? Here's a list of films I enjoyed, and which we can hopefully expand with some other contributions. Just watching such films gets me fired up for some writing!

    Wonder Boys
    Mrs. Parker and The Vicious Circle
    Barton Fink
    Sunset Boulevard
    Dr. Zhivago
    Barfly
    Reds
    Shadowlands
    Misery
    In The Mouth of Madness
    The Breakfast Club
    Kafka
    Naked Lunch
    Finding Forrester
    Midnight in Paris
    Stranger Than Fiction
    The Shining
    Secret Window
    Sleuth
    Finding Neverland
    Wilde
    The Secrets in Their Eyes
    Sideways
    Quills
    The Last Station
    1408
    Becoming Jane
    Capote
    Henry & June
    The Lost Weekend
    I Shot Andy Warhol
    Piņero
    Il Postino
    Stranger than Fiction
    Adaptation

    Some are focused on writing more than others, understandably. I could watch Sideways a million times, and never become bored...

    Did you perchance watch Stranger than Fiction twice?
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Backward OX View Post
    Did you perchance watch Stranger than Fiction twice?
    Damn it!

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    End of the affair
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