Thursday, February 20, 2003

Imaginary festival of films depicting the lives of writers and artists

Henry and June -- about Henry Miller and Anais Nin
Naked Lunch -- about William S. Burroughs and friends
Pollock -- about Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner
The Fountainhead -- fictitious film about a larger-than-life architect
Next Stop, Greenwich Village -- fictitious film about New York bohemians in the 1950s
'Round Midnight -- fictitious film about jazz musicians in Paris
Artists and Models -- Martin and Lewis portray American artists in Paris
An American in Paris -- Gene Kelly, ditto
Chelsea Walls -- fictitious film about New York bohemians in the 1990s
The Razor's Edge (1941) -- fictitious film about Paris bohemians in the 1930s
Il Postino -- fictitious film in which Pablo Neruda is portrayed
Before Night Falls -- about Reinaldo Arenas
Jack London -- about Jack London
My Dear Secretary -- fictitious comedy about a novelist and his secretary
White Badge -- fictitious drama about a novelist suffering from war-related PTSD
The Front -- fictitious look at the blacklist of the 1950s
Hangover Square -- fictitious drama about a composer suffering from mental illness
Impromptu -- fictitious romance depicting George Sand and Frederic Chopin
Julia -- drama depicting fictionalized events in the lives of Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman
Night and Day -- biopic of Cole Porter
Rhapsody in Blue -- biopic of George Gershwin

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