Nowhere is this clearer than in the case of Dead Poets Society, a film that came out 25 years ago today, and whose influence on how young writers come to be writers cannot be overstated. It isn't a business that makes for fabulous visual spectacle.ĭespite the fact that the movies get the act of writing so wrong, they have had more influence on the perception of writing at large than writers themselves. If you want to know what writing a novel feels like, go into a room alone and worry for three or four hours every day for a couple of years.
The reason Hollywood fails to portray writers writing is obvious: The process isn't very interesting to watch. It didn't bother so much with his time at his desk. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was true to its subject because it dwelled primarily on the epic amounts of cocaine, alcohol, LSD, ether, and good old-fashioned marijuana the man consumed.
So Johnny Depp's performance as Hunter S. On the extremely rare occasions when it does manage to provide a reasonable facsimile of an actual writer, the schtick is usually the main focus. Hollywood, though it is full of them, has never produced a realistic portrayal of a writer writing. PLUS: 22 Lessons of Robin Williams Movies >
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