Wild Mountain: On Movies - author, author

Monday, May 23, 2011

On Movies - author, author

Films about writers is this week's On Movies theme at The Bumbles blog. Since women are generally over looked in film both as strong leading characters and in filmmaking, I'm going to focus on films about writers who are women. Here's a list of some acclaimed films and personal favorites:

Iris (2001) Author: Iris Murdoch Starring: Kate Winslet and Judi Dench

The Hours (2002) Author: Virginia Wolf Starring: Nicole Kidman

Henry & June (1990) Author: Anais Nin Starring: Uma Thurman

Miss Potter (2006) Author: Beatrix Potter Starring: Renée Zellweger

Out of Africa (1985) Author: Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen Starring: Meryl Streep

An Angel at My Table (1990) Author: Janet Frame Starring: Kerry Fox

6 comments:

The Gal Herself said...: Out of Africa is a great choice. I forgot that Karen actually wrote her memoirs ... I only thought of her as a lady farmer. Thanks for reminding me.; May 23, 2011 at 12:54 PM
kayerj said...: I loved out of Africa and Miss Potter. The rest (except The Hours) look intriguing. Thanks for stopping by today; May 23, 2011 at 1:27 PM
Kwizgiver said...: I don't know An Angel At My Table--I'll have to look it up!

Great list!; May 23, 2011 at 3:26 PM
karen - Simply Inspired said...: iris is such a good movie...i keep meaning to see Miss Potter (thank you for the reminder). thanks for a great list!
-xok.

(thanks for such an inspirational comment today - coming from you, i take it as a significant compliment!); May 23, 2011 at 4:13 PM
Nicole said...: I love Kate Winslet...will have to check out that Iris movie. I am familiar with The Hours but never watched it.

The Madlab Post; May 23, 2011 at 6:18 PM
Anonymous said...: The only one I've seen in Ms. Potter and it was such a sweet movie.; May 29, 2011 at 9:55 PM