This biography of Flannery O’Connor, one of the most iconic American writers of the 20th century, focuses less on her personal life and more on her internal battles with the creative process and its ultimate artistic output. Ethan Hawke's film is a visually rich and experimental attempt to capture the nuances of translating literary language into the cinematic medium.
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Ethan Hawke is an acclaimed American actor, screenwriter, and director. His breakthrough role came in 1989 with Dead Poets Society under Peter Weir’s direction. He followed this success with roles in 1990s cult films like Reality Bites (1994) directed by Ben Stiller. Hawke has worked with a wide range of celebrated directors, including Alfonso Cuarón, Abel Ferrara, Sidney Lumet, Paweł Pawlikowski, and Robert Redford. His long-standing collaboration with Richard Linklater includes Boyhood and the Before trilogy (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight). Hawke made his full-length directorial debut with Chelsea Walls in 2001.
1993 Straight to One (short)
2001 Chelsea Walls
2006 The Hottest State
2014 Seymour: An Introduction (doc.)
2018 Blaze
2022 Ostatnie gwiazdy kina / The Last Movie Stars (doc. series)
2023 Wildcat