The Godfather, by
Mario Puzo, was made
into a great film!
Sincerely,
Uncle Lar
The Godfather.
The Godfather, by
Mario Puzo, was made
into a great film!
Sincerely,
Uncle Lar
All things Kubrick.
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
Adaptation, screenplay by Charlie Kaufman
Eyes Wide Shut
"Do you mind if I reel in this fish?" - Dale Harris
"For sale: baby shoes, never worn." - Ernest Hemingway
Blog
Blade Runner (based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick)
"Writing is nothing more than a guided dream"
-Jorge Luis Borges
The Phantom of the Opera (2004 Andrew Lloyd Webber version). Okay, it was first a book, then a musical, and then the musical was filmed, but I think that still counts as a movie based on book, right?
I also like Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen. I think it's even better than the BBC series with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth.
The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was also quite good movie adaptation.
Movie version of Matilda is also good, though the plot is a bit different than in the book.
Perfume - The Story of a Murderer is really good movie, especially when the book was thought "unfilmable" before the movie came out
Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was golden as the sun's rays and her soul as clear and blue as her eyes.
Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera
Pride and Prejudice was good. Now I am waiting to watch 'The Namesake'(Based on Jhumpa Lahiri's novel of the same title)
Definitely "Wonder Boys" originally by Chabon. (the book that is) The film is excellent.
dangerous liasons
vanity fair
the canterville ghost
gone with the wind
a passage to india
dr zivago
there are sooo many
fear and the loathing in las vegas, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Requiem for A Dream...all my favourites.
"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Nietzsche
"The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution" - Hannah Arendt.
"Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance" - James Joyce
Currently reading:
Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath - Anne Stevenson
One of my all time favorite movies is the Count of Monte Christo. Wonderful movie and a wonderful book!
Natasha-so many books, so little time
Read my book blog!
I really like the movie Pride and Prejudice with Kiera Knightly.
Calvin: You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.
Hobbes: What mood is that?
Calvin: Last-minute panic.
Last of the Mohicans (1992), although it was hardly faithful to the book.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free.
-Goethe
Where does one start with a question like this? I enjoy so many adaptations, but I think that I will only list the all-around best. That would include the most faithful (as much as they could possibly be) and best performances.
* The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
* Maurice
* Persuasion
* Stand By Me (originally "The Body")
* The Shawshank Redemption
Films that I liked MUCH MORE than the books:
* Field of Dreams (originally "Shoeless Joe")
* The Color Purple
* Forrest Gump
As an "honorary" mention I will say "Gone With The Wind". Sure alot of details were cut out, but we have to remember only so much would be allowed in that film in 1939. Still, though, Clark Gable is the perfect Rhett Butler!
Oh......so many, favorites though, I would say......
Once Upon a Time in America (Don't remember the name of the book it's based on)
Ran (Based on King Lear)
Jules Et Jim
.....tooooons more. I could go on and on, so I'll just stop here.
"Americans should know the universe itself as a road, as many roads, as roads for traveling souls."
-Walt WhitmanThey have their worries, they’re counting the miles, they’re thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they’ll get there—and all the time they’ll get there anyway, you see.
-Jack Kerouac
fight club. hands down.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
