Subject: my foolish heart...
From: Jon Tveite (jontv@ksu.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 02 1997 - 18:47:23 GMT
Said Lee Dirks <ldirks@microsoft.com>:
> Just curious how many of you Bananafish out there have seen My Foolish
> Heart, the one piece of Salinger's work ("Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut")
> which was turned into a movie by Hollywood. I taped it from AMC years
> ago and have watched it 3-4 times, and although it isn't a particularly
> inspiring piece of filmmaking, nor is it very true to the original story
> - - I still like watching it...
I probably taped it around the same time you did. I've watched it twice,
I think, and I find it interesting too. I take a fairly large amount of
perverse pleasure in watching the Hollywood machinery do its cultural
work. If I'd never read the story, I'd think, gosh, what a quaint little
melodrama. But knowing the "source material" so well gives you a really
interesting perspective on how the screen community operates.
Lee, did you record the AMC introduction as well? Mine is interesting in
that it makes *no mention whatsoever* that the movie is (extremely)
loosely based on Salinger's work. Whether that's an indication of
Hollywood's interest in Salinger, or an admission that the movie barely
resembles the story at all, I don't know. What do others think?
Jon (Tveite) <jontv@ksu.edu>
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