Re: Prose to Celluloid

Sean Richards (keyhole2000@hotmail.com)
Tue, 09 Jun 1998 18:13:37 -0700 (PDT) 

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>In places, the Catcher in the Rye reminds me of the paintings of Edward
>Hopper, the whole general atmosphere gives this impression of calm 
scenes and
>empty streets. And with making a film out of it, you would lose that
>atmosphere you get from the prose, unless it is done correctly of 
course. With
>the example of L.A. Confidential, the great atmosphere of the book 
isn't lost
>with the adaptation to film, so The Catcher in the Rye could only be 
made with
>such accuracy.
>		For some reason I feel that you would need a young director to pull 
it off,
>someone who relates to Holden. I feel a cross between Richard Linklater 
and
>Woody Allen would be able to pull it off, to get that personal feel to 
it. But
>a more important question, who would adapt the screenplay? You have got 
to
>have a perfect screenplay otherwise it's a waste of time. Possibly 
someone
>like William Goldman maybe? All the writers I can think of are 
directors who
>just write for themselves. This is completly open to discussion.
>		Someone to play Holden is one of the most difficult questions. Holden 
is 17
>while all the new young actors are about 20. I would have thought 
someone like
>Edward Norton would be great as Holden, or even, a younger Vince 
Vaughn. But I
>think DiCaprio would have been great, before he became less exclusive 
with R+J
>and Titanic. Now he's too much of a star to pull it off correctly. What 
about
>Ethan Hawke? But they're all too old, you would have to find a new face 
in the
>crowd, someone fresh, someone very talented.
>
>		-Christian.
>
>I think the entire crowd would have to be very new, very fresh, very 
out of nowhere.  The actors, the screenwriter, the director.  It just 
seems that if they all had a very fresh burning passion to pull it off 
correctly, and none of them gave a damn about your typical film, they 
could come up with something revolutionary.  I mean let's face it, even 
the "cutting edge" indy films are becoming trendy, and in their own way 
they are conforming to some "norms".


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