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Exploring the wonderfully weird

Iain Reid stands in a button-down, short-sleeve shirt with his hands in his jeans pockets, looking at the camera.

Photography by Johnny C. Y. Lam

Author Iain Reid, Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션04, is now three for three when it comes to having his novels turned into movies.

His book I카지노 게임 컬렉션m Thinking of Ending Things was adapted by Academy Award카지노 게임 컬렉션winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and debuted on Netflix in 2020. Next up was Foe, starring four-time Academy Award-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan (Little Women, Atonement, Lady Bird). It wrapped up filming this year and is scheduled to arrive in theatres before streaming on Amazon Prime in 2023.

Mr. Reid카지노 게임 컬렉션s latest novel, We Spread, which was released in September, is being adapted into a screenplay by Mr. Reid and director Minhal Baig.

Despite the impressive book-to-movie streak, Mr. Reid doesn카지노 게임 컬렉션t expect to become like Stephen King or Philip K. Dick 카지노 게임 컬렉션 authors who have many of their books turned into films.

카지노 게임 컬렉션I think it카지노 게임 컬렉션s just worked out this way for my first three [pieces of literary fiction],카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Mr. Reid, who is based in Kingston. 카지노 게임 컬렉션I want to try new things. Who knows, maybe the next thing is some small community play.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Screenwriting is definitely new. He didn카지노 게임 컬렉션t take any screenwriting courses or workshops before jumping in to co-write the screenplay for Foe with director Garth Davis (whose film Lion was nominated for six Oscars, including for best picture).

Mr. Reid had a bit of filmmaking experience after serving as a consultant and executive producer on the I카지노 게임 컬렉션m Thinking of Ending Things movie. He loves the collaborative nature of movie making, where many great artists 카지노 게임 컬렉션 actors, directors, musicians, set designers 카지노 게임 컬렉션 work together and inspire each other. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s a stark contrast to the solitary world of writing a novel.

카지노 게임 컬렉션Novels and screenplays are so different, and you can revisit the same story in a new way,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Mr. Reid says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션In a novel, there are things you can try that you can카지노 게임 컬렉션t in a screenplay, which is restricted by length and budget. In a novel, the only constraint is your imagination. So, it카지노 게임 컬렉션s fun to revisit [these stories] in a new way and try different things.카지노 게임 컬렉션

His latest novel, We Spread, is a surreal story about Penny, an aging artist who moves into a long-term care home. Soon strange incidents start to make her feel uneasy, and she wonders if it is the effects of her age or something more sinister.

Mr. Reid카지노 게임 컬렉션s novels share a feeling of things not being what they appear to be. Entertainment Weekly magazine wrote in a profile, 카지노 게임 컬렉션the Canadian author is cornering the market on wonderfully weird plotlines.카지노 게임 컬렉션

He loves to explore themes and characters and is less focused on plot. His books are surreal, with endings that intentionally leave questions unanswered. He likes to leave his works open to interpretation, and We Spread is no different.

카지노 게임 컬렉션If people are looking for a straight-up thriller, they will probably be disappointed [with We Spread],카지노 게임 컬렉션 Mr. Reid says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션Thrillers usually have a mystery or a predicament that, through various misdirections, is solved. [We Spread] will not have a clear ending for some people. I have my own version of what it means, and I like to hear what other people think.카지노 게임 컬렉션

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