they spoke to matt zoller seitz and roger ebert.com. >> if you do it right, get the parody and make it look like one of the things that's somehow funnier, because it subverts your clappings to the movie to watch documentaries. it makes you feel like i'm watching this thing that feels and looks like an important movie except there is one little thing off from it. >> ian mcewan and "documentary now!," when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> ian mcewan is here, his novels include the children act, atonement and the comfort of strangers. his 1998 novel amsterdam was awarded the mann booker prize. his new book "nutshell" is told from the point of view of an eight-month-old fetus. first time at this table. welcome. >> thank you. nice to meet you. what a concept. where did all this come from? >> the first sentence drifted into my mind during a lull in othe