My favorite movie that features writers and the world of publishing is The Wonder Boys from 2000 based on a novel by Michael Chabon.
Robert Downey Jr. is the editor, trying to coax a new book out of the former darling of the literati, Michael Douglas, a creative writing professor plagued by writers’ block.
It’s a very funny satire of university based writers’ workshops (would-be participants can get a not very exaggerated sneak preview of what they will be getting into).
It is also a poke in the eye to those editors obsessed with finding the next big thing.
I’m afraid however that my friend, a very fine novelist having much difficulty with his second book, did not find it funny at all.
