A wintry coda to Mr Polanski's classic, "Chinatown", "the Ghost writer" is adapted from "the Ghost" by Robert Harris, a British novelist, thriller-writer, newspaper columnist and friend of the Blairs.

犹如往波兰斯基经典影片《唐人街》兑上一杯冰可乐，《影子写手》改编自英国惊悚小说家罗伯特·哈里斯的《影子》，身为报纸专栏作家的哈里斯和布莱尔颇有交情。