Book first or movie first?
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Re: Book first or movie first?
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I beg your pardon, but there are more that one Bukowski's film? Other than Barfly?shanson1 wrote: ↑21 Mar 2014, 00:49 Personally, I love to read any book long before there is any talk about a movie. A real good book is such a treasure, especially when you believe no one has ever really heard of it. Saying this has me recall a time, in what seems to be so long ago now, when I was a freshman in High school. Being new on campus, and not having any "claimed spot" to relax in between periods, I found sanctuary at the school's library. While being there, slowly running my gaze across the spines of books, I found myself reaching for an interesting looking cover called The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink. The last book I had taken the time to read before Bernhard, had been back in Junior High when I was an eighth grader, and to be honest that was quite frankly a juvenile kids book compared to the world that Bernhard had written. I had read books slowly back then, and used to get frustrated on how long it took, but in this case I had really not minded the time it took to get lost in the imagery that was within The Reader. After finishing that book, I had a very different appreciation for the many different genres that graced shelves in bookstores and libraries.
Now, back to the topic at hand. Years later, in 2008, I see the opening movie trailer based off the very book that had comforted my time as a new comer in High school. I was aghast, thinking no one has ever heard of it, let alone remembered it. Perhaps that was the reason it was chosen. I had decided to see it, and though greatly excited, was sadly disappointed at how dull, lifeless, and unattached it was compared to the precious words Bernhard had taken the time to envision and express.
This is but only the first memory of many other books and movies that I had read and watched. And it has led me to refrain from watching any movie that has been remade from a favorite book I've read. I still refuse to watch any of the Charles Bukowski's movies. I'm too much in love with his words.
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