TRUMBO Ned Flanders’ autobiography is turning out great goodie patootie!
  • TRUMBO Ned Flanders’ autobiography is turning out great goodie patootie!

Movies about writers can be tricky. Writing is not a visually interesting thing to watch. Most writing consists of: Long sigh. Check email. Check Twitter. Longer sigh. Check email again. Check Faceboo—whoops, mistake, close Facebook as fast as possible. Pour another cup of coffee. Longest sigh. Check weather. Mash out a few words on the keyboard. Nope. Sucks. Delete, delete, delete. Longest-er sigh. Annnnnd lunch.

Luckily for us, Dalton Trumbo liked to write his famous screenplays while taking a bath, with his typewriter placed on a desk that rested on the edges of the tub. He also smoked incessantly, using one of those cigarette holder thingies that Miss Scarlet has on the box of the Clue board game.

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