Synopsis
An array of New Yorkers become involved with a mom-and-pop cigar shop in Brooklyn in an acclaimed short story, presented here along with interviews with the author and the films actors and a description of the process of creating a film. Original. Movie tie-in., Acclaimed author Paul Aster shows the reader how his short story metamorphosed into a feature film starring William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Forest Whitaker and Stockard Channing. The book includes the short story, photos, conversations with the actors and Auster, and follows the process of a germ of an idea being brought to fruition.