Re: What's the big fuss?
MEPIERCE (mepierce@sfasu.edu)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:24:15 -0600
CGHayes@aol.com wrote:
>
> Are you all so against any film based in any way on Salinger's work? Instead
> of seeing it as an exploitation, why can't it be an extention of his work? A
> celebration in itself? And if the film is terrible, it would just highlight
> the greatness of the book.
> I'm saying if someone had a serious try at making, say, Catcher, into a film,
> we should be open-minded about it and not condemn it from the very thought of
> it.
Last year, the Chicago Sun-Times mentioned briefly a report that Paul
Alexander's unpublished biography of jds entitled Shadowworld might be
cast as a "J.D. Salinger and his many loves" kind of thing with casting
possibilities listing Winona Ryder, Gwyneth paltrow, Claire Danes,
Qentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt. The article indicates that these stars
are all one big salinger fan club and would be interested in accepting
roles in the movie.
Now what do you think of that?????
--
M.E. Pierce
Dept. of English, SFASU
http://TITAN.SFASU.EDU/~f_pierceme/
"I loaf and invite my soul. . ." Uncle Walt