What happens when a movie reviewer becomes the reviewed?
Stephen Hunter, the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for The Washington Post, knows better than most.
Years ago, Hunter wrote the book Point of Impact. The popular thriller has been turned into a movie, opening this weekend: Shooter, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Mark Wahlberg.
Hunter has written many other books as well; they include Pale Horse Coming and Time to Hunt. An unofficial fan Web site calls them "some of the greatest and most under-sung novels in American literature."
Hunter speaks with Scott Simon about what it's like to be a movie critic whose own work ends up on the big screen.
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