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TravROIS@aol.com
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:20:08 -0500 (EST)
I was (rather shamefully) watching Access Hollywood yesterday and an
announcement came on about an upcoming movie, "Breakfast of Champions." Now
I'm sure this is from the Vonnegut novel that I just read because the main
character's name was Dwayne Hoover (played by Bruce Willis, yes this is a
comedy) and described it as a man 'Going through a mid-life crisis.' Although
when reading the book I really didn't see it as Dwayne having one of those
(although I guess that's possible) and Vonnegut was never mentioned. But I'm
wondering how can movies accurately depict a book? Which movie would you say
has done justice to the book? (Kubricks' A Clockwork Orange, is the only one I
can think of.) I've just been thinking about this and if a movie were to be
made of Catcher, I would think it impossible because most of its charm is
narrative. And although we've discussed this, who would play Holden? My head
hurts.
-Erinn (With Two N's)