MUBI’s “Between the Lines: Writers on Screen” Collection Is Great for Inspiring a Creative Writing Hobby

The complex lives of writers have made for a rich well of inspiration for filmmakers over the years. Whether it’s poets, novelists, journalists or screenwriters, the people devoted to the written word are often surrounded by as much drama as they put on the page.

That’s certainly the case with the series of films curated by MUBI in their Between the Lines: Writers on Screen collection. 

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Cinema can be a great inspiration, and MUBI’s Between the Lines: Writers on Screen collection can be a great way to kick-start the creative writing hobby we always wanted to explore.

Featured films on MUBI’s Between the Lines: Writers on Screen collection:

• Adaptation – A metafilm about a screenwriter’s struggle to adapt a non-fiction book into a movie, blending real-life events with fictional elements.
• Shirley (2020) – A biographical drama that fictionalizes the life of writer Shirley Jackson during the creation of her novel “Hangsaman”.
• Reprise – Follows two young aspiring writers in Norway, exploring their friendship, ambitions, and the impact of success and failure on their lives.
• Bergman Island – A romantic drama about a filmmaking couple who retreat to the island that inspired Ingmar Bergman, where they write screenplays and their relationship is tested.
• The Pillow Book – An erotic drama featuring a Japanese model seeking pleasure and new experiences, intertwining her love for calligraphy and poetry.
• Bright Young Things – A satirical look at the young and carefree London aristocrats of the interwar era, based on Evelyn Waugh’s novel “Vile Bodies”.
• Paterson – Centers on a bus driver and poet named Paterson, finding beauty in the mundane and routine of everyday life.
• The Beach Bum – A stoner comedy about Moondog, a rebellious poet who lives by his own rules in the Florida Keys.