Re: (no subject)
jente algoed (jentealgoed@hotmail.com)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:02:36 -0800 (PST)
please, hopefully NOT
we would end up with leonardo dicrapio playing holden and some braggy
little child playing phoebe.
>Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:20:08 -0500 (EST)
>From: TravROIS@aol.com
>Subject: (no subject)
>To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>Reply-to: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
>
>
>I was (rather shamefully) watching Access Hollywood yesterday and an
>announcement came on about an upcoming movie, "Breakfast of Champions."
Now
>I'm sure this is from the Vonnegut novel that I just read because the
main
>character's name was Dwayne Hoover (played by Bruce Willis, yes this is
a
>comedy) and described it as a man 'Going through a mid-life crisis.'
Although
>when reading the book I really didn't see it as Dwayne having one of
those
>(although I guess that's possible) and Vonnegut was never mentioned.
But I'm
>wondering how can movies accurately depict a book? Which movie would
you say
>has done justice to the book? (Kubricks' A Clockwork Orange, is the
only one I
>can think of.) I've just been thinking about this and if a movie were
to be
>made of Catcher, I would think it impossible because most of its charm
is
>narrative. And although we've discussed this, who would play Holden? My
head
>hurts.
>
>-Erinn (With Two N's)
>
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