Re: (no subject)
Emily Friedman (bananafish_9@yahoo.com)
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 08:48:41 -0800 (PST)
---TravROIS@aol.com 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)
>
I can not imagine how one can make a movie from a Kurt Vonnegut book.
His books are so absurd and complex that they would just appear to be
silly on the screen. Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange was terrible. I
could not bear to watch more than a half hour of it. Even Burgess
complained that it was terrible. Usually small independant movies will
depict a book well, such as Waterland. I heard a rumor a long time ago
that Disney wanted to make a cartoon out of Catcher, and Holden would
be a dog played by Michael J. Fox. Wouldn't that be toatlly ridiculous?
-Liz Friedman
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