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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
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 Posted - 04/06/2004 : 02:29:27
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PS : Cronenberg is certainly the only guy capable of transcending a book and making a genuinely original film without betraying the book. His adaptation of the "Naked Lunch" (which at first appears as mission impossible) and "Crash" was tremenduous.
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 04/06/2004 : 04:34:06
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I have not read Cosmopolis but have heard many dreadful things about it - the Sunday Times reviewed it last summer and I cut it out and kept it, it was mostly quoting passages directly from the book and they spoke for themselves really, so the reviewer managed to slaughter the book without having to write very much. Thatīs what I said earlier about me finding him indigestible sometimes - when heīs good, heīs very good indeed but the same extreme goes for when heīs bad too. His book about the CIA operative in Greece, The Names, I found torturous save for one amazing paragraph about tourism being the march of stupidity. White Noise I thought he was on top form, itīs lean and warm and he has an entire family life played out with rarely a clumsy note.
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"You one of those right-wing nut outfits?" inquired the diplomatic Metzger.
Fallopian twinkled. "They accuse us of being paranoids."
"They?" inquired Metzger, twinkling also.
"Us?" asked Oedipa.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 04/06/2004 : 07:13:02
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adnan,
i think you'd enjoy WHITE NOISE. |
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
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Posted - 04/06/2004 : 10:04:23
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Originally posted by Adnan_le_Terrible
PS : Cronenberg is certainly the only guy capable of transcending a book and making a genuinely original film without betraying the book. His adaptation of the "Naked Lunch" (which at first appears as mission impossible) and "Crash" was tremenduous.
Hmmm, I was fairly disappointed with both Naked Lunch and Crash as films. Filming Naked Lunch is an impossible task yes, Cronenberg tried to recreate the atmosphere and failed I thought. As I read Naked Lunch the flowing prose created a chaotic but beautiful world. Cronenberg created a dark world with slimy monsters.
I've never read Ballard's novel, I saw Crash at the end of a difficult day at a difficult time in my life but I just could not connect at all with people being sexually aroused by car accidents. I probably missed the point right?
As for DeLillo I'd say Underworld is also a very good novel, too long maybe but just when you feel like giving up some incredible passage sweeps you along for another twenty pages. I'll have to get White Noise.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
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Posted - 04/06/2004 : 16:18:21
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
American Physco is better in book form.
So is Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas.
So is High Fidelity.
So is Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
And so on..........
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!!
I was kidding HPM, but you knew that right?......right?
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Ruined Movie of the Day : 6th Sense
