To: nickcarraway
By far the best literature to movie transition ever has to have been the short story “The Body” by Stephen King which translated onscreen to “Stand by Me”. Excellent literature, excellent movie both of which told the same coming of age story.
5 posted on
08/31/2014 4:53:50 PM PDT by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
To: reed13k
"By far the best literature to movie transition ever has to have been the short story “The Body” by Stephen King which translated onscreen to “Stand by Me”. Excellent literature, excellent movie both of which told the same coming of age story." The Mist was well done also. Another King short story and probably my favorite one by King.
10 posted on
08/31/2014 5:05:58 PM PDT by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: reed13k
I agree with you and also point ot that movie and story as a great example of a book to movie transition.
But I also point to the fact that it is a short story. that is about the right length for a movie. If you try to make a 600 page book into a movie there is just too much content for a 2 hour movie.
55 posted on
09/01/2014 10:19:43 AM PDT by
djwright
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