"Why Does Hollywood Take Our Favorite Novels and Turn Them Into Crap?"

Summary:

Slate article talking about film adaptations in general, and a couple movies in particular.

"Why Does Hollywood Take Our Favorite Novels and Turn Them Into Crap?"

AKohli 17 Feb 2009 23:43

I thought this was very pertinent (for obvious reasons). The author of the article, Willing Davidson, talks about the problems inherent in adapting literature for movies, using Revolutionary Road as an example of what not to do and Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters as an example of what a film should do.

"Why Does Hollywood Take Our Favorite Novels and Turn Them Into Crap?"

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