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Joe Gould's Secret
2000 · Film · 104 min
Directed by Stanley Tucci
Around 1940, New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund and who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of 20,000 conversations he's overheard. Mitchell is fascinated with this Harvard grad and writes a 1942 piece about him, "Professor Seagull," bringing Gould some celebrity and an invitation to join the Greenwich Village Ravens, a poetry club he's often crashed. Gould's touchy, querulous personality and his frequent dropping in on Mitchell for hours of chat lead to a breakup, but the two Joes stay in touch until Gould's death and Mitchell's unveiling of the secret.
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It's already a very good movie: Joe Gould's Secret [1], with Ian Holm as Gould, and Stanley Tucci (who also directed) as Joseph Mitchell. Unfortunately I don't think it's available for streaming anywhere. I watched it in theaters, and I'd love to watch it again.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gould%27s_Secret_(film)