Site member Confessionsofabooklover got to ask the author about his coming of age novel Me, Earl and the Dying Girl about the trials of high school and how great but terrifying it is that his book has been made into a film
- Read the first chapter of Me, Earl and the Dying Girl
Why did you choose to have Greg and Earl co-workers with films? Why not novels, or poems or art?
Well, it had to be an art form that demanded to be collaborative, so anything like novels or poems or paintings was out. You don’t need a partner for those. But filmmaking forced Greg and Earl to make room for each other, creatively/emotionally/comedically, and I really liked when they did that. Also, the process of making a film is so involved and disruptive and out in the open – it’s kind of the worst possible lifestyle choice for someone who wants to be invisible. So it was the perfect art form to inflict on poor Greg.
Related: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews – review
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