Salman Rushdie Documentary Set Based on His Memoir ‘Knife,’ With Alex Gibney Directing (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAddie Morfoot Contributor Salman Rushdie will be the center of a new documentary from Alex Gibney, the Oscar-winning director behind “Taxi to the Dark Side” snd “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.” Tentatively titled “Knife,” the docu is inspired by Rushdie’s memoir “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” which was published in April.
The book is an account of the author’s life and career, and also depicts the 2022 assassination attempt against the Indian-born, British-American novelist and the long recovery that followed.
Rushdie was stabbed 15 times in in Chautauqua, N.Y. by a 24-year old New Jersey man with a knife. Rushdie’s neck, eye, and chest were targeted, causing the writer to collapse on stage during a talk he was giving at Chautauqua’s amphitheater stage.
Rushdie, 76, lost vision in one eye and was left incapacitated in one hand after the attempted murder. Gibney’s “Knife” will explore Rushdie’s recovery “in the broadest sense,” according to a press release.
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