Saturday, December 28, 2013

Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill A Mockingbird (2011)

Director: Mary McDonagh Murphy
Run Time: 82 min.

"It gives the fascinating history of how the book came to be, which involved Truman Capote, a perceptive editor and an act of generosity that helped give Ms. Lee, the novel’s author, the time she needed to write. The reclusive Ms. Lee is conjured through old film clips, published interviews and reminiscences of friends and relatives. . . . The film’s best moments come from other authors—Wally Lamb and Allan Gurganus are particularly eloquent—who read passages from the novel and talk about the book’s impact on them and their writing."
—Neil Genzlinger