Friday, August 31, 2012
Books Strange Fiction: Novelists on film (for our friends at the Decatur Book Festival)
Posted by Gabe Wardell on Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 9:51 AM
As Decatur gears up for the (ahem) AJC Decatur Book Festival, we thought it would be appropriate to take a look at some of the cinema's most notable authors
Cathy Bates Loves Company in Stephen King's Misery:
How to adapt a Susan Orlean novel by Spike Jonze and Charlie & Donald Kaufman:
Curtis Hanson adapts Michael Chabon's Wonderboys:
Woody Allen, deconstructs Harry:
Before Ruby Sparks, there was Stranger Than Fiction
Of course, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention the other Stephen King adaption, a delightful comedy about a writer who complains about all work and no play:
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