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Post by HNT on Jun 9, 2007 18:25:40 GMT -5
Yes, Midnight Express is an excellent film as well
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Post by Canetoad on Jun 9, 2007 23:52:22 GMT -5
Another one that comes to mind as at least the equal of the book is Kubrick's adaption of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange. Come to think of it he did a damn fine job with Clarke's 2001 and KIng's The Shining as well...
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Post by Jen on Jun 10, 2007 10:04:29 GMT -5
Another one that comes to mind as at least the equal of the book is Kubrick's adaption of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange. Come to think of it he did a damn fine job with Clarke's 2001 and KIng's The Shining as well... Was going to respond to this, then realized my opinions about A Clockwork Orange and The Shining are already in the thread......I had forgotten about this thread.....  |
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Post by Canetoad on Jun 12, 2007 17:04:23 GMT -5
We should also remember in terms of fine movie versions of books - and while many of us are salivating over the special edition of Deliverance - that that film was adapted from a novel by James Dickey.
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Post by GP on Jun 12, 2007 18:03:53 GMT -5
The Keep.
Whilst the film was butchered by the studio and a great deal of plot and character excised it still manages to create something much more unique and stylish from the original premise.
I've just about given up all hope of a restored DVD release.
Sob.
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Post by Jen on Jun 12, 2007 19:11:36 GMT -5
The Keep. Whilst the film was butchered by the studio and a great deal of plot and character excised it still manages to create something much more unique and stylish from the original premise. I've just about given up all hope of a restored DVD release. Sob. I don't think I have ever seen the movie, I did read the book awhile back, and I liked it. I have yet to see Deliverance either, and didn't even realize it was a novel. |
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Post by cat on Jun 27, 2007 4:53:43 GMT -5
I don't have a particulate book or movie in mind But I do have a general opinion !!
When you read a book its open for your interpretation your imagination creates every thing about what you read the writer just lays the ground work for your mind to build on . But in a movie the view you are suck with is what the director wants you to see so you may just go and leave you imagination at home !!
Example: Have you ever read a book and then gone to see the movie and felt that it was the same thing but you had a very different image in you head
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Post by Canetoad on Jun 30, 2007 19:41:30 GMT -5
Regularly. With very rare exceptions - the Lord of the Rings Trilogy being pretty close (shame about omitting Tom Bombadil though).
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest would be a case in point for me - had imagined it totally differently to what I ended up seeing on screen - but in a way that was actually quite refreshing, because it gave me another interpretation. The same with Heller's Catch 22.
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