Genius movie plot
2022-03-29 08:01
Directed by Michael Grandage, the film depicts the friendship between the great American writer Thomas Wolfe and his book editor Max Perkins.
In the late 1920s, the obscure Thomas Wolfe ( Jude Law ) came to New York with a literary dream, and his lengthy autobiographical novels were first discovered by the literary editor Max Perkin, who had discovered Fitzgerald, Hemingway and other writers. Colin Firth took a fancy to it. Perkins cut down the length of Wolff's articles drastically, and finally the book was a great success when it was published, and Wolfe also became a new star in the literary world . ".
After this, Perkins and Wolfe work more closely together, but their closeness arouses the jealousy of Wolfe's girlfriend ( Nicole Mary Kidman ). As Wolff's second novel is about to come out, the relationship between the three becomes more delicate. On the one hand is to discover his own Bole, and the other is his girlfriend who has been with him for many years, how will he choose.
Extended Reading
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Thomas Wolfe: [hand on his manuscript like an oath] My heart bleeds to see any of it go. But I guess it's die dog or eat the hatchet.
Maxwell Evarts Perkins: You took the words right out of my mouth.
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Maxwell Evarts Perkins: Imagine you're a reader. You're wandering through a bookstore and lots of books, and you see a book titled "Trimalchio in West Egg" and you see one titled The "Great Gatsby."Which are you going to pick up?
Thomas Wolfe: Gatsby!
Maxwell Evarts Perkins: That's why Scott changed his original title. He knew it needed a bit more meat.