Paint and Suffering: The Delicate Art of 'Acute Misfortune'

Much like its eponymous source text, Acute Misfortune recounts the tumultuous relationship between a divisive artist and the dutiful journalist chronicling his story. Elizabeth Flux speaks to co-screenwriter Erik Jensen and director/co-screenwriter Thomas M Wright about perspective, veracity and the purposeful pilfering of others' experiences, all of which underpin this affecting adaptation.

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biopic, biography, memoir, dramatisation, journalism, portrait, Adam Cullen, Daniel Henshall, Toby Wallace, Archibald Prize, visual art, painting, medium format, perspective.