The film world has always been known for a certain amount of navel-gazing, but until I took a proper look, I didn’t realize that quite so many movies have been made concerning the exploits of screenwriters, the oft-denigrated work horses of the industry. As the first trailer for David Fincher’s Netflix biopic Mank (about Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz) what better time to remind readers of some other adventures of screenwriters on screen?
RKO 281
FADE TO BLACK
ME & ORSON WELLES
SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS
DEATHTRAP
ADAPTATION
THE MUSE
TRUMBO
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
THE DYING GAUL
THE DISASTER ARTIST
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
THE REWRITE
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
THE MAJESTIC
THE CAT’S MEOW
BARTON FINK
SUNSET BOULEVARD
FEDORA
PARIS WHEN IT SIZZLES
IN A LONELY PLACE
THE PLAYER
WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART
CONTEMPT/LE MEPRIS
DECONSTRUCTING HARRY
TWO BONUS CLIPS
Did we miss any notable others worth mentioning?