It'd be interesting to think about adaptations of non-fiction books into dramatic narratives for film. My guess is that they're pretty successful relative to the book when they turn research and reportage into dramatized story.
It'd be interesting to think about adaptations of non-fiction books into dramatic narratives for film. My guess is that they're pretty successful relative to the book when they turn research and reportage into dramatized story.
I agree but the trouble is that the movie version normally has to leave out so much material. For example, I just watched the Boys in the Boat. The book covers all four years of the protagonists college career including his summer jobs building a dam, which helped him to build huge muscles. In the movie, he is poor and underfed yet becomes a hulk. In contrast, Killers of the Flower Mood covers almost all of the book and for me actually clarified some of the confusing parts of the book. In my opinion, the books are almost always better than the movie. In this one instance, I prefer the movie to the book. By the way, I also subscribe to the Chicago Tribune so have been reading your column for years and am a fan. Keep up the good work.
It'd be interesting to think about adaptations of non-fiction books into dramatic narratives for film. My guess is that they're pretty successful relative to the book when they turn research and reportage into dramatized story.
I agree but the trouble is that the movie version normally has to leave out so much material. For example, I just watched the Boys in the Boat. The book covers all four years of the protagonists college career including his summer jobs building a dam, which helped him to build huge muscles. In the movie, he is poor and underfed yet becomes a hulk. In contrast, Killers of the Flower Mood covers almost all of the book and for me actually clarified some of the confusing parts of the book. In my opinion, the books are almost always better than the movie. In this one instance, I prefer the movie to the book. By the way, I also subscribe to the Chicago Tribune so have been reading your column for years and am a fan. Keep up the good work.