<i>The Eyes Are the Best Part</i>: What We Know So Far About the Movie Adaptation
Greta Lee (Past Lives, The Morning Show) is taking her many talents behind the camera. According to Variety, ELLE’s 2023 Women in Hollywood honoree will make her directorial debut with the feature adaptation of The Eyes Are the Best Part. Lee will also pen the script. Here’s everything we know so far about the forthcoming Searchlight film.
What is The Eyes Are the Best Part about?The Eyes Are the Best Part is a psychological horror novel by Monika Kim, which was published last June. The story follows Ji-won, a Korean American college freshman who develops a killer obsession with eating human eyeballs.
“Ji-won is just trying to survive,” Kim told Library Journal. “With her family falling apart and all of her friends gone, she is painfully aware of the cards that life has dealt her and of being alone out in the world. The seeds of her rage were therefore already planted, and when certain white men come into her life and try to control her, she turns to her deceitful side to get what she wants.”
Kim also shared that Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning film Get Out inspired her to write the book. “Being first and foremost a feminist author, I realized that this genre was the perfect vehicle for me to talk about the experiences of Asian women, but in a fun and interesting way that also provided an outlet for my own sense of humor,” she said.
On July 9, Kim posted the film adaptation announcement on Instagram with the simple caption, “👀 👀 👀.”
Cast details have not yet been announced.
This story will be updated.
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