Berlinale 2016: 'Genius' is a Very Touching Film About Literary Friends

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It’s not often that we see a film about editors, about the hard-working, dedicated people that hide behind-the-scenes and help writers produce their best work. Michael Grandage’s Genius is a very touching story about two friends – writer/novelist Thomas Wolfe, and Charles Scribner’s Sons editor Maxwell Perkins. Max first meets Tom when a massive manuscript is dropped on his desk. He reluctantly reads it, but finds it to be absolutely wonderful, bringing in the writer to work on cutting it down so they can sell it as a novel. This ends up becoming Wolfe’s first book Look Homeward, Angel, and it was the beginning of a rewarding relationship between these two showing just how important an editor is to producing truly successful work. ›››

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