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I may be misremembering Camus, but he seemed to be saying that the ability to create is reason enough to endure existence. In the book the ending was horrific and filled with dread. In the movie the ending was filled with imagination and creative energy. He still died, but he went out a star...

I'm with you. It's the first book in a long time to make me feel like I should be looking over my shoulder, and I have no idea how he pulled that off. I don't know if the film would have made any sense to me if I hadn't read the book. I like to think the deconstructionist in me would've figured...

I'm Thinking of Ending Things, by Iain Reid, is a slightly Ligottian book that was recently adapted by Charlie Kaufman. The book is dark and pessimistic, borderline nihilistic, and Kaufman's adaptation is faithful for the first chunk before turning wildly optimistic. It's an interesting...