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Mon 26 Mar, 2007 09:09 am
Is there a book, or series of books, that you are quite disappointed has never been made into a movie?
One such for me would be Roger Zelazny's Amber series, about infinite parallel worlds and those who are able to travel between them. The concept is fascinating, the charcters are so colorful that they virtually jump out of the page, and the dialogue and naration are brilliant.
Is there some book (or series) that you've long wished had been filmed?
I'd like to see The Hobbitt done on the same scale that the Trilogy was.....
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Brandon9000 wrote:Is there some book (or series) that you've long wished had been filmed?
Actually, I'm not sure if I wish someone would make a film of
A Confederacy of Dunces. More like I
dread someone will make a film of
A Confederacy of Dunces. And it's
not for lack of trying.
That was a fantastic novel--and i agree that it would probably make a lousy movie. Kind of like Dune, a wonderful and enteratining novel which made one of the worst movies ever.
The Canterbury Tales
I just did a Google search and did not find a movie of "The Canterbury Tales." If that "poem" has never been made into a movie, I wonder why. There have been stage and opera performances of Chaucer's work.
Chaucer's famous poem "The Canterbury Tales" is rightly considered one of the cornerstones of both western literature and drama. It draws on a rich tradition of classical Greek and Roman poetry and medieval literature to produce a work of sublime storytelling that is poignant, hilarious, spiritually uplifting, wonderfully lewd yet thoroughly thought provoking.
What do you think some of the drawbacks might be for such a production?[/size]
The Wife of Bath's Tale, the Pardoner's Tale, and other passages--it would get an "X" rating . . . at least an "R" . . . and then there's the language, not always family material . . .
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Charli wrote:I just did a Google search and did not find a movie of "The Canterbury Tales." If that "poem" has never been made into a movie, I wonder why. There have been stage and opera performances of Chaucer's work.
Chaucer's famous poem "The Canterbury Tales" is rightly considered one of the cornerstones of both western literature and drama. It draws on a rich tradition of classical Greek and Roman poetry and medieval literature to produce a work of sublime storytelling that is poignant, hilarious, spiritually uplifting, wonderfully lewd yet thoroughly thought provoking.
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Actually there was a French film in 1972:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067647/
Actually, they seem to be the same film.
My boo-boo -- I meant to type Italian film but it came out French. Multi-tasking at work does this! Plus I was gnawing on a snack and the surround system was cranked up full blast while half-way watching the 90" screen in the projection room.
How about a series of films based on the Zap comics?
Dunno if someone read "Nobelman" by B.D. Benedikt. Movie would be awesome. Anyway one of the best books in my life.
I know I shouldn't but when I think of a movie of "A Confederacy of Dunces" the only person I can envision playing Ignatius is Michael Moore.
I think "My Happy Life" would make a good movie.
Bi-Polar Bear wrote:How about a series of films based on the Zap comics?
There have definitely been some good movies with comic-book imagery.
Matrix comes to mind.
300 is based on a comic isn't it?
It's what I've heard. Haven't seen it; don't plan to.
Now, Spiderman 3 I just might make the effort to go see.
i would like to see house of leaves by mark danielewinski (i totally spelled his last name wrong, haha) made into a movie, that'd be a trip.
boomerang wrote:I know I shouldn't but when I think of a movie of "A Confederacy of Dunces" the only person I can envision playing Ignatius is Michael Moore.
I laughed my ass off at that one . . . good casting, Boom.
Cormac McCarthy's The Road would make an excellent movie. It has the emotional and artistic integrity of a great drama in the unfolding story of a father and son, but it also has the sort of ingredients that can usually be counted on to put warm bodies in the theater: it's set in a burned-out, ash-covered, post-catastrophe America where some survivors have formed cannibalistic gangs that feed on or enslave other survivors.
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