The first time I saw the words "genius catcher" was from a text column opened by a man on a certain platform, which was all about thrillers or cases, so when I saw the movie "Genius Catcher", I thought I had captured the source of the columnist.
The story takes place in the late 1920s, the Great Depression, and the already hugely successful writer Thomas Wolfe laments how wonderful his writing is. The poor people will never see it (they first have to find a way to fill their stomachs), and I can't help them at all.
Documentary biographical films are a delicate dull feeling that is rare to watch from beginning to end.
Thomas Wolfe was rejected by NDuo Publishing Company before he became famous, and so many years passed, he did not stop writing, insisted on submitting, and finally, was favored by editor Max, and he was willing to publish Thomas's book. Thomas had an income for so long—$500.
Before that, Max was in his office, on the train home, back home, in the cloakroom so quiet that no one bothered, in the bedroom where everyone slept, and he read Thomas's manuscripts almost without interruption, all handwritten, thick piles. I really like this feeling of picking up a book and being able to read it all in one breath, and I always feel that reading is the way to soothe emotions and bring comfort, of course, it must be a paper book, and e-books will never have a sense of reality. Although the Douban reading I downloaded saved the weight and space of walking around with paper books, it could not keep me reading, only to pass the time briefly when the bus came.
The Genius Catcher features Hemingway, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (the author of the great Gatsby), especially the latter, to make you understand that bole appreciation is a prerequisite, and the key behind it is the constant flow of inspiration - without inspiration, it is finished. As a result, Scott fell into alcoholism, bankruptcy, and died prematurely (of course, he was also dragged down by insiders).
There's a clip where Max asks Thomas, how many words did you write today? Thomas said about five thousand. Did you know that Scott only wrote a hundred words today while in good shape?!
In the case of ability, read more experience and write more, no one knows on which day your aura will disappear and you will never come back.
In one movie, the male protagonist lives in a high-end decorated house, doing nothing, and a child asks him: What do you do?
The man said it was probably a musician, but I only wrote one song, which is a holiday song that will be played during Christmas.
He didn't just write this one, but only this one had achievements, and what he wrote later didn't stir up a splash, and he didn't know what he would do except write songs, so he could only eat the old book.
"Genius Catcher" is actually a memorial to a deep friendship between an editor and an author, and how important it is to have someone to discover you and support you. But I also saw from the inside that silent efforts will have a head start, have a highlight moment, but at the same time you will lose a lot, low-key people may live a little.
Baidu Encyclopedia said that Thomas died of pneumonia, the movie said that he had a large number of tumors in his brain, I suddenly thought: Could it be these tumors that maintained Thomas's crazy creation for several years?