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Book Vs. Film ~ Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a great writer not because he gives each of his readers a window into a world, but because he gives them a vista. His masterful, take-my-hand-and-I’ll-take-you-there style invites each one of us into the verdant sprawl of South American jungles, festering humid air, lands ripe with fruits and fauna, as well ...
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Book vs. Film – Of Human Bondage
It was difficult reconciling with my favorite author after discovering he may have been Hollywood’s first in a long tradition of sell-outs. W. Somerset Maugham was the novelist who Orwell described as, “The modern writer who has influenced me the most”, praising his ability to tell a straightforward story without frills; in other words, a ...
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Book vs. Film – The Unbearable Lightness of Being
For my eighteenth birthday, I was given fifty or so books as a present by various family and friends. I’d been a heavy reader most of my life, but these books represented a change from the easy fiction I’d been accustomed to reading into, marking a more serious step towards literature. All of the gifted ...
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Interview: Screenwriter Thomas Humphreys
When most children grow up and enter into the family line of business, rarely is that business probably the film business. This, however, is the case for 28-year-old Welsh screenwriter Thomas Humphreys. Humphreys’ father works in film and TV, including the beloved and long-running “Doctor Who.” Humphreys’ brother, Michael, also went into the same field, ...
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Book vs. Film – A Single Man
The night I finished reading Christopher Isherwood’s A Single Man (1964), two thoughts went through my head: first, where’s the Kleenex? Because I was a sniffly, teary mess. And second, I prayed that Tom Ford had not found some way to fuck up this beautiful, subtle novel. One of those wishes came true, just not the important ...
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Book vs. Film – Crazy Heart
Every once in a while, I come across a book that makes me think, “Wow, this could be a great movie.” More often, I come across a movie that I enjoyed very much and find out after the fact that it was a book first. When that happens, I tend to wind up disappointed by ...
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Book vs. Film – Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
I can count on one hand the number of people I know who have at least heard of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. I don’t know if it’s one of those books that was really big when it came out and then sort of faded away, or if it was always had something of a ...
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Book vs. Film – The Princess Bride
When I participated in the 30 Day Book Meme on my blog, I was worried about not being able to fulfill Day 20, which was supposed to be about my favorite romance book. I didn’t have a favorite romance book, so what’s a girl to do? I had The Princess Bride in mind as soon as I ...
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Book vs. Film – Where the Wild Things Are and The Wild Things
There may or may not be a law requiring every child in America to read Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. I may be in violation of that law because I have no memory of the book, just a vague awareness of its existence and meaning. Regardless, I was excited when the film was announced. ...
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Book vs. Film – Let the Right One In
I came to own this book through something of a happy accident. I had ordered a copy online for a birthday gift, but it hadn’t arrived in time. In order to get my friend’s gift to her, I bought a copy at the bookstore and kept the one that was in the mail. I was ...
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Book vs. Film – Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates’ 1961 novel has been held in high regard since its debut. Revolutionary Road was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1962, and was named one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to present by TIME magazine in 2005. Just a few short years after being named to the list, the novel got the ...
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Rise of the Planets of the Apes as reviewed by Daniel Abromowitz
Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a good, good film, but you wouldn’t know it from the first twenty minutes, or the lead actors, or the plot summary, or the trailer, or the title. A whole host of factors work to bring Rise down to being another bit of plastic in the summer ...