rh@mit-eddie.UUCP (Randy Haskins) (05/16/84)
Of the moderate length novels I've read that became movies, I think they were just about all blown (strange, I can't think of an example of movie-I've-seen;book-I've-read, but I *know* there are some...). The one example I can think of to counter this is The World According to Garp. While they did leave out a lot, I think they got most of the high points (except a friend of mine didn't think the anti-rape theme came through strong enough...) -- Randwulf (Randy Haskins); Path= genrad!mit-eddie!rh
walsh@ihuxi.UUCP (B. Walsh) (05/16/84)
The only movie I've ever seen that faithfully followed the book (even including exact dialogue!) was "A Clockwork Orange." Even so, I guess Burgess was upset with the movie because it made Alex out to be kind of cute and sort of a hero, instead of the piece of slimey scum that he was supposed to be. But I think that was largely due to the charm of Malcolm MacDowall (he just couldn't help it!). New way? What's this about a NEW way? B. Walsh