Jonathan Safran Foer
Aha Moment: Jonathan Safran Foer on Joseph Cornell
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, just arrived in theaters. It’s an adaptation of the September 11-themed novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. But before Foer became a novelist, he was an aspiring sculptor. As a college freshman, he was introduced to the work of Joseph Cornell, the assemblage artist best […]
Movie Date: ‘War Horse,’ ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,’ ‘We Bought a Zoo,’ and ‘The Artist’
Stephen Spielberg’s adaptation of the Michael Morpurgo novel “War Horse,” the adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” and Cameron Crowe’s “We Bought a Zoo” are slated to be this week’s newly-released, big box office winners. “The Artist,” which topped many years’ best lists and has only been in a handful of theaters, […]
Beauty from Tragedy: Artists Reflect on 9/11
Do The 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks is approaching, and Studio 360 is curating a list of the best cultural works that responded to and helped us understand it. Bruce Springsteen’s song “The Rising” (from the album of the same name) evokes images of the day itself, and struggles to find hope […]
Summer Book Club: Jonathan Safran Foer’s ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’
Our summer book club continues today with host John Hockenberry’s first pick for August. John sees summer reading as an opportunity for challenge. He spent one summer reading the Russian literature, and the following summer he devoted his reading to Charles Dickens. This summer, as the tenth anniversary of September 11 approaches, John decided it […]