Billie Eilish as Esther Greenwood? Inside the New Bell Jar Adaptation

Billie Eilish as Esther Greenwood? Inside the New Bell Jar Adaptation

One of my most recent late-night thoughts was, “Why hasn’t anyone made a definitive movie of The Bell Jar yet?” While the novel was famously adapted into a film in 1979 (starring Marilyn Hassett), that version was widely panned and has largely been forgotten. Given the book was published in 1963, it’s surprising that a modern, definitive film hasn’t taken hold of the cultural zeitgeist.In a way, it makes sense that this melancholic Sylvia Plath …