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The Ghost Writer
2010 · Film · 128 min
Directed by Roman Polanski
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
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I like to follow a thematic thread with books and movies. Here are a few recent ones that might interest the HN crowd:
* water issues/climate change in the Southwest:
- *Chinatown* (film) - *The Water Knife* by Paolo Bacigalupi (sci-fi novel, described as "*Chinatown* meets *Mad Max*)
- *The Cadillac Desert* by Marc Reisser (nonfiction, part of a plot element in *The Water Knife*
- *Cadillac Desert* PBS documentary[1]
* Dark espionage thrillers:
- *The Night Manager* by John LeCarre (novel, honestly not one of his best)
- *The Night Manager* (TV miniseries--much better than the book!)
- *The Ghost Writer* by Robert Harris (novel)
- *The Ghost Writer* (movie)
- *An Officer and a Spy* by Robert Harris (excellent and extensively researched historical novel, based on the Dreyfus Affair in Paris circa 1900)
- *J'Accuse (An Officer and a Spy)* (movie)
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkbebOhnCjA
That's a line from the movie, The Ghost Writer. Good movie actually. And I'd choose the faster line every time.