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243 FILMOGRAPHY Films Discussed in Detail Note: Since this is a book about the author as a figure in cinema, it seems only fitting that for these works I provide a list of the writers—although some names have already been supplied within the text itself. In honor of the writer’s role in film production, I have placed this credit first. 8½. Written by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano (story); Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Federico Fellini, and Brunello Rondi (screenplay). Directed by Federico Fellini. Rome: Cineriz, 1963. Adaptation. Written by Charlie and Donald Kaufman. Adapted from Susan Orlean’s book The Orchid Thief. Directed by Spike Jonze. Los Angeles: Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002. An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn. Written by Joe Eszterhas. Directed by Alan Smithee (Arthur Hiller). Los Angeles: Hollywood Pictures, 1997. American Splendor. Written by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. Adapted from Harvey Pekar’s comic book series American Splendor and Pekar and Joyce Brabner’s comic book series Our Cancer Year. Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. New York: Good Machine, 2005. The Auteur Theory. Written by Evan Oppenheimer. Directed by Evan Oppenheimer. Theoretical Films, 1999. The Bad and the Beautiful. Written by George Bradshaw (story); Charles Schnee (screenplay). Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Beverly Hills: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952. Barton Fink. Written by Joel and Ethan Coen. Directed by Joel Coen. Los Angeles: Circle Films, 1992. Basic Instinct. Written by Joe Eszterhas. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Los Angeles: Carolco Pictures , 1992. Bombay Talkie. Written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory. Directed by James Ivory. Mumbai : Merchant Ivory Productions, 1970. Boy Meets Girl. Written by Samuel and Bella Spewack. Adapted from their play. Boy Meets Girl. Directed by Lloyd Bacon. Burbank, Calif.: Warner Bros. Pictures, 1938. Céleste. Written by Percy Adlon. Adapted from Céleste Albaret’s book Monsieur Proust. Directed by Percy Adlon. London: Artificial Eye, 1980. Citizen Kane. Written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles. Directed by Orson Welles. Los Angeles: RKO Radio Pictures, 1941. Deconstructing Harry. Written by Woody Allen. Directed by Woody Allen. New York: Jean Doumanian Features, 1997. Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d’un curé de campagne). Written by Robert Bresson. Adapted from Georges Bernanos’s novel. Directed by Robert Bresson. Neuilly-sur-Seine, France: Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), 1951. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Written by Ronald Harwood. Adapted from Jean-Dominique Bauby’s book. Directed by Julian Schnabel. Paris: Pathé Renn Productions, 2007. His Girl Friday. Written by Charles Lederer. Adapted from Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s play The Front Page. Directed by Howard Hawks. Burbank, Calif.: Columbia Pictures Corporation , 1940. Homicide. Written by David Mamet. Directed by David Mamet. Baltimore: Triumph Releasing Corporation, 1991. 244 Filmography The Hours. Written by David Hare. Adapted from Michael Cunningham’s novel. Directed by Stephen Daldry. Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 2002. How Is Your Fish Today? (Jin tian de yu zen me yang?). Written by Xiaolu Guo and Hui Rao. Directed by Xiaolu Guo. London: British Documentary Foundation, 2006. I Could Never Be Your Woman. Written by Amy Heckerling. Directed by Amy Heckerling. Los Angeles: I Could Never Ltd., 2007. In a Lonely Place. Written by Andrew Solt and Edmund H. North. Adapted from Dorothy B. Hughes’s novel. Directed by Nicholas Ray. Burbank, Calif.: Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1950. Irezumi. Written by Chiho Katsura. Adapted from Baku Akae’s novel. Directed by Yoichi Takabayashi . Tokyo: Daiei Studios, 1984. La Lectrice. Written by Michel Deville and Rosalinde Deville. Adapted from Raymond Jean’s novel. Directed by Michel Deville. France: Eléfilm, 1988. Limitless. Written by Leslie Dixon. Adapted from Alan Glyn’s novel. Directed by Neil Burger. Beverly Hills: Relativity Media, 2011. Misery. Written by William Golden. Adapted from Stephen King’s novel. Directed by Rob Reiner. Beverly Hills: Castle Rock Entertainment, 1990. My Brilliant Career. Written by Eleanor Witcombe. Adapted from Miles Franklin’s novel. Directed by Gillian Armstrong. New South Wales, Australia: Greater Union Organisation, 1979. MyDearSecretary.WrittenbyCharlesMartin.DirectedbyCharlesMartin.CardinalPictures,1949. My Effortless Brilliance. Written by Basil Harris, Jeanette Maus, Sean Nelson, Calvin Reeder, and Lynn Shelton. Directed by Lynn Shelton. Seattle, 2008. Naked Lunch [David Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch]. Written by David Cronenberg. Adapted from William S. Burroughs’s novel. Directed by David Cronenberg. Toronto: Film Trustees Ltd., 1991. (nostalgia). Written by Hollis Frampton. Directed by Hollis Frampton. 1971. Paris When It Sizzles. Written by George Axelrod. Adapted from Julien Duvivier and Henri Jeanson ’s screenplay for...

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