Mao II by Don DeLillo

In Mao II the central character, reclusive writer Bill Gray, gives up working on the failed novel he has been working on for many years because of his frustration over how the novel, as a medium, has been high-jacked by the political terrorism. He summons a photographer to his secret hideaway to finally unveil himself to the world, to come aboveground again and abandon his reclusive lifestyle. During the photographic session Gray laments that in the past he naively believed he, as a novelist, could "make raids on human consciousness". But now-a-days only bomb makers and gunmen can "make raids on human consciousness". The novelist has been high-jacked by these madmen. Writers can no longer alter the life of the culture. His aesthetic dignity is sincere.

27:55 minutes into this documentary we have the scene of Bill Gray and the photographer.

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Mao II by Don DeLillo