David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist, goes Hollywood with Leonardo DiCaprio and 'Body of Lies' Washington Post foreign affairs columnist turned bestselling spy thriller author David Ignatius appeared at the National Book Festival 2007 and announced the movie adaptation of his latest bestseller, Body Of Lies (W.W. Norton reissue; September, 2008), ruminating on the thrill of hanging out on the set with movie director Ridley Scott and having lunch at his home with the star of the movie, Leonardo DiCaprio. By way of explaining why he turned to fiction for writing about foreign affairs, Ignatius then read an essay called Twilight Zones, which he wrote in 1987 for a PEN-Faulkner event and told about being moved by the terrorist bomb blast death of Mid-East CIA bureau chief Robert Ames to write his first novel Agents Of Innocence (W.W. Norton reissue; September, 1997), from which he also read a passage. Ignatius then proceeded to outline the plot of Body of Lies, based on a true WWII story of British subterfuge against the Nazis, in which a CIA agent seeks to divide and conquer al-Qaeda by creating suspicion and fear from within the seemingly impenetrable terrorist organization. Turning his attention to his day job, Ignatius ruminated on the lack of valid intelligence in the foreign policy-making process and reflected on conflicts in the Mid-East. Taking questions from the audience, Ignatius wrapped up his National Book Festival appearance with insight into his writing methodology; inevitable comments on the war in Iraq; and some sage advice to young writers.
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David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist, goes Hollywood with Leonardo DiCaprio and 'Body of Lies'
