Watch the Trailer for James Franco-Directed As I Lay Dying
The trailer makes it unclear as to how to film adaptation will tackle the book’s unique structure, which has several different characters narrating the story at different points. What it does do, however, is highlight some of the film’s intense dramatic moments. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsFaulkner Estate Suing Sony Pictures Classics over Midnight In Paris Quote
Though Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris was a huge critical success, not all are pleased by the film’s use of famous literary quotations. According to Faulkner Literary Rights, the rights-holders to William Faulkner’s work, the filmmaker had no right to use a quote from the author’s book Requiem For A Nun. The group is filing a suit citing copyright infringement, commercial appropriation and violation of the Lanham Act.... read more
Found in: Movies, News23 Band Names Inspired by Literature
At Paste, we look for "Signs of Life" in all forms of art. And while we value each artform for its unique merits, it's always a treat when they overlap. So we decided to take a look at bands that derived their names from literature. Who knew metalheads were such scholars? read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThe Booky Man: Hunting William Faulkner's Great Bear
I carry in my pocket a bit of magic. I’m a writer, so it’s writer’s magic, of course.... read more
Found in: Books, ColumnsWilliam Faulkner Lectures Get Digitized for the Internet
Prolific, legendary and no-doubt verbose writer William Faulkner would likely have had a hard time adjusting to abbreviated forms of social media like Twitter. But his work has managed to find a new life on theiInternet, through the newly digitized and streamable audio files of his lectures at University of Virginia, where he served as Writer-in-Residence in 1957 and 1958.... read more
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