Re: (no subject)
Josh Feldmeth (joshfeldmeth@mail.utexas.edu)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:09:52 -0600
On movies and Vonnegut, I enjoyed _Mother Night_; it was maped back to the
book well, and in general supported the tenor of the original text.
All good things,
At 05:20 PM 2/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>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)
>
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