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| Agent Smith... |
 Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:12 am |
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El Klauso <Klaus01 at (no spam) verizon.net> wrote in news:9619ef8d-ce67-4f7c-b886-
5b4d7662ab6c at (no spam) w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com:
Quote: tomcervo wrote: They're not re-making the book; they're re-making the
movie.
EK: No one claimed that.
tc: No one judges the movies in comparison to the novel.
EK: Well, I'll admit to being in the minority on this, but I do like
to reference the original sources to see what has been neglected or
suppressed.
Some wonderful imagery and symbolism that would really make for a boring
art film, if put onto the screen. Like the Lovecraft that I'm reading now,
translating the old classics to film is usually a losing proposition, since
the brilliant prose of the original only works on the printed page. |
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| Agent Smith... |
| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:05 pm |
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El Klauso <Klaus01 at (no spam) verizon.net> wrote in news:2e9e2488-258d-4605-a73c-
d30cb56b25e5 at (no spam) 24g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:
Quote: AS: Some wonderful imagery and symbolism that would really make for a
boring
art film, if put onto the screen.
EK: In many cases, such as multiple adaptations of "Eyre," about one-
third of the plot gets trimmed - well beyond the abandonment of a few
passages of wordplay.
What you so dismissively refer to as "wordplay" is often what makes classic
literature such a treat to read.  |
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| El Klauso... |
| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:06 pm |
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I'm not dismissing it, I'm describing it. There is great artistic
wordplay, and there is useless babbling wordplay; but it's still
wordplay.  |
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| El Klauso... |
| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 5:36 pm |
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| Agent Smith... |
| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:25 pm |
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El Klauso <Klaus01 at (no spam) verizon.net> wrote in news:e74c6d9a-63ff-4ff9-960c-
e5c5cb4268ba at (no spam) 56g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:
Quote: I'm not dismissing it, I'm describing it. There is great artistic
wordplay, and there is useless babbling wordplay; but it's still
wordplay.
Poetry is so much more than wordplay. ? |
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