Re: List of books

Gene Woo (pariah1980@yahoo.com)
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:58:50 -0800 (PST)

Has anyone seen the film "Days of Heaven" by Terrence
Malick(director of "The Thin Red Line")? I admit I was
drawn to him when I read a time magizine article
comparing him to J.D. Salinger in his
reclusiveness(didn't even show up at the oscars). I
watched the movie after reading the article in film
class and was amazed! "The Thin Red Line" is his first
movie in 20 years(since "Badlands" I think). A lot of
my friends told me how much they hated it as they
rushed off to go see "Saving Private Ryan"(A decent
film in its own), but the fluid language and ad libbed
(In "The Thin Red Line", the Sean Penn did many
improvisations and ad libbing at the encouragment of
Malick)conversations do seem to bear resemblance to
Salinger.

There are times, I suppose, when it's best that movies
leave things out. For example, in "The Body" by
Stephen King, there is a short story(not the one about
Lard Ass) written by Gordy that may have been awkward
if placed in the book. Also, I was surprised when
finishing "The Body" that the story continues(I wish
this could've been in the film) past the kids' return
to home. Also, I thought "Rita Haytorth and the
Shawshank Redemption" was adapted beautifully into
"The Shawshank Redemption." 



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