Trajectories of Aaron Sorkin
by Mathieu Demaure
Publisher : Editions LettMotif (January 19, 2021)
Language : French
Number of pages : 260 pages
Novel / paperback
Star screenwriter (the series At the White House ( The West Wing ) and The Newsroom , the movies men of honor And The Social Network ), successful playwright and recent director ( Le Grand Jeu in 2017, and The Trial of the Chicago 7 at the end of 2020), Aaron Sorkin is collecting honors and awards. His qualities as a dialogue writer are widely recognized today – “undoubtedly the best of our time” according to Damon Lindelof, co-creator of Lost , of The Leftovers and of watch men –, each of his works feeds the debate. His first two series, Sports Night And At the White House , participated in the creation of the golden age of television in the 2000s. However, some of his remarks (about women, on the Internet, etc.) once sparked controversy.
Aaron Sorkin is a public figure, an author very well established in the Hollywood landscape. This book, the first in French dedicated to him, is both a biography and an analysis of his voluble, omniscient style, inspired by American comedies of the 1930s and 1940s. From William Shakespeare to the films of Frank Capra, his influences are multiple and transversal. Let's try to identify them with Jed Bartlet, Mark Zuckerberg, Mackenzie McHale and Molly Bloom.
A journalist specializing in cinema, Mathieu Demaure is the author of Codex of the 7 crowns. Illustrated breviary of the Game of Thrones saga , to be published in November by Ynnis editions. He has written on Le Monde des Séries, on lemonde.fr, and in the mook soap (already on Aaron Sorkin!) He sees himself as the combination of Molly Bloom – with less elegance -, Will McAvoy – with as much charisma – and Toby Ziegler – with more hair.