Max Perkins, a great supporting role

Anais 2022-04-05 09:01:07

I never thought that this book could be turned into a movie. There are so many great writers that Max helped to achieve, and each of them has their own distinct personalities, subjects they are good at, and personal lives and families that are not very smooth. The movie selects some stories from the middle and later parts of the book, retaining the more intense character Woolf and the more lifelike Fitzgerald and others, as well as some interesting small plots. The office and office lights where Max stayed all year round were restored very well.

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  • Maxwell Evarts Perkins: [looking at the three cates containing the manuscript of Thomas Wolfe's new book] This - is Of Time and the River? Well done. Now go home and get some sleep.

    Thomas Wolfe: I... I...

    Maxwell Evarts Perkins: Let me read it.

    Thomas Wolfe: Read it kindly. Please.

  • Thomas Wolfe: I'm sorry I'm not decent enough for your fine dinner parties and your fine friends, but before you drag me out to the wood shed, I think you ought to look at who is giving the lesson. Am I supposed to grow up like you?

    Maxwell Evarts Perkins: No, Tom, but you're supposed to grow up.

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