Re: List of books

Gene Woo (pariah1980@yahoo.com)
Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:23:07 -0800 (PST) 

I think you're right that it was John Singleton. Spike
Lee an amatuer? I hardly think so. Look at the great
work he's done for his people: "She's Gotta Have it",
"Do the Right Thing", "Malcolm X", "He Got Game" and
more. Spike Lee has become an icon for the African
community. Us asians don't have a whole lot of role
models to inspire us outside of the martial arts
genre, but that is(I hope) changing with directors
like Ang Lee("The Icestorm" "Sense and Sensibility"
"Ride with the Devil" "The Wedding Banquet" "Eat
Drink, Man Woman") What's great about Spike
Lee(paraphrasing from an article I read on him) is he
made people feel like anyone could make movies.

--- erespess@nji.com wrote:
> >The only Spike Lee film I've seen is Poetic
> Justice, and I thought he did a
> >mighty fine job of storytelling there -- the voyage
> narrative very nicely
> >commenting on different facets of Black America.
> 
> Actually, Poetic Justice was directed by John
> Singleton, I think.  I 
> thought that although Spike left a lot out of "X",
> he did a good job 
> with what He did leave in.  8)  He completely
> neglected the last part 
> of his life (the conclusions Malcolm came to after
> becoming an 
> Orthodox Muslim) and focused solely on his being
> followed by various 
> groups and conspirators.  That was disappointing to
> me, but I still 
> enjoyed what was there in the film.
> 
> >Course, any transition from book to film is
> entirely another matter.  I've
> >never seen one satisfactorily done.  Books are too
> condensed ---
> 
> 
> I thought Wharton's Midnight Clear was done
> wonderfully, but I can't 
> think of any other screen adaptation that I was
> happy with.  I am 
> terrified of what Winona Ryder is going to do to
> "Girl, Interrupted."
> 
> >I just read some criticism about Beckett in which
> "time" in novels is
> >contrasted with "time" on stage plays.  The point
> was that time is somewhat
> >"plastic" in novels.  You can mess with it. 
> Meanwhile, "time" on stage is
> >pretty close to "real time" or the audience doesn't
> buy it too well.  That's
> >probably the biggest problem with transitioning
> from book to film.  You
> >either have to cut at lot out, or if you do try to
> include a little bit of
> >everything you do a patch job.
> 
> This is a good point.  I had never thought of that.
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> 

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