‘Minari,’ ‘Bad Education’ Directors Set Films in Pact Between MGM, Brad Pitt’s Plan B
Lee Isaac Chung will direct an untitled love story and Cory Finley will direct an adaptation of “Landscape With Invisible Hand”Brian Welk | December 18, 2020 @ 9:27 AM Last Updated: December 18, 2020 @ 9:46 AM Minari / A24
MGM and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment along with Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner have signed a two-year, second look film production deal, and the studios have set two films from the directors of both “Minari” and “Bad Education” as part of the deal.
Lee Isaac Chung of “Minari” will direct an untitled love story, and “Bad Education” director Cory Finley will direct an adaptation of the National Book Award winner “Landscape With Invisible Hand” from author M.T. Anderson.
done, they left. i thought about that quote, about your book, and that moment when we see people doing everything they can at the greatest peril to show up at the border with their 9-year-old, maybe even drowning in the river. linking to the news today, i really did not realize this until about january or february or so. family separation, destruction of families is a huge theme in the book. and i was thinking it s really coincidental that this is happening in policy right now. but in fact this is what you do to people you despise, period. you make war upon their families. this is typical in american history. this didn t end with enslavement for black folks. and so i don t think it s a mistake that trump in all of his despising, you know, of immigrants on the border, is taking it out on the children. i don t think that s coincidental. the book is called the water dancer, it s a beautiful, it s a great read by ta-nehisi
joining me now is national book award winner, author of the water dancer, ta-nehisi coates. how are you feeling? i m all right. week seven, like i was telling you. you and i had talked about this book for years because it has been in process for years. what was the origin, when did you know you wanted to write fiction, a novel as opposed to an essay? fantasies, i always loved e.l. doctorow, i had fantasies but i didn t think it was possible. fiction looks like magic. it really does, it s like, a human can do that? you train for it. you believe it. but what i quickly realized, it s a lot of work. after i finished my first book, my agent was like, we think you should try this. and it took ten years. is there a mental switchover
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it s actually kind of a secondary endorsement, as crazy as it sounds, of jim crow. because jim crow was the basis on which that piece was in fact constructed. you don t think joe biden that s not the point. that s not the point. you can and that s why i said secondary endorsement, right? what he is endorsing is the peace. but the peace is actually built on something quite horrible. and without that horrible thing, there never would have been that civility in the first place. it s a story of reconstruction, redemption. that extends to him having that great relationship with herman. it s remarkable how much there is untold or needs to be retold time and time again, which brings me to your novel, which comes out in september, which i just finished. are we talking about this? we re not talking about it. it s water dancer and it s remarkable and it s really a beautiful piece of work. thank you. people should check it out. ta-nehisi coates, thanks for being here. than