Book to Screen Adaptations
"Everybody says, 'What will this movie do to your book?'...The film is another translation, and at the same time, will have a fate of its own." -Frances Mayes
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a comment was made to the fan pick question: Which author's works do you like best in both literary and screen form? | 2 days ago by ppv |
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a comment was made to the fan pick question: Do you feel disappointed when you see a film adaption | 21 days ago by tazoulini |
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a photo was added: Precious | 28 days ago by cressida |
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a link was added: The Audacity of 'Precious' | 28 days ago by cressida |
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This article about the upcoming movie release of 'Precious' highlights that this will be THE oscar movie of the year. Read the article, watch the trailer, and make sure you see the movie once it comes out.
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A N Wilson pays tribute to the skill involved in turning books into film.
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Cast list of the Percy Jackson adaptation on IMDb.
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I read the books of this series before seeing the movie as I always do with book to movie adaptions and have just seen the movie. I think they did quite well with it but I'm not sure it lived up to the books. They changed hair colours of Mrs Coulter, Lyra and even Serafina, small details that may not matter too much but is it hard to dye hair? Already that is beside the point as the actors playing the characters did a very good job and i think were well chosen. I was a bit disappointed that the cut a fair bit out, the movie wasn't long and they could have easily added more in without it... |
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This spot was created to celebrate book-to-tv/film-screen adaptations. True, there is no way that a live version will ever live up to our imagination. And yes, there are hundreds of examples of how this formula can go wrong. But there are also hundreds of examples of how the formula can go right and astonish us with the magic of cinema, yet all too often these examples are forgotten -- and so this spot is to remind ourselves of both the good and the bad, and to discuss either. A common criticism of book-to-screen adaptations nowadays is that filmmakers are seemingly relying too... |
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