Re: The Catcher in the Rye movie

Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sun, 29 Mar 1998 21:52:39 +1000 

YES YES YES ! I totally agree - Kubrick's adaptations suck. And I think
comparing them to Romeo and Juliet (which, as you can see by my e-mail
address, is my favourite movie) is a classic example of a good adaptation
versus a bad one. But you misinterpret me, as you've probably worked out if
you read the last few posts - I didn't suggest the TCIR movie at all - I
was just as horrified as you - it was that asshole flamo guy. It's amazing
the similar headspaces of a lot of the people on this list, isn't it ?

Camille 

verona_beach@geocities.com
THE ARTS HOLE
@ http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442


> I've only seen a few Kubrick films, and they were excellent, but I've 
> heard numerous opinions that while Kubrick's films are good, his 
> adaptions are terrible.  That is, he pretty much feels no qualms about 
> scrapping the original manuscript for the sake of his personal 
> vision--witness "the Shining".  While I feel no loyalty to Stephen King, 
> I do feel great loyalty to Salinger, and am terrified of the prospect of 
> the movie for a number of reasons--the foremost being the invariable 
> fact that from its release day forward it will replace Cliff's Notes as 
> a teenager's favorite way to get around expanding his experience with 
> the actual novel.  When my girlfriend and I went to see Romeo and 
> Juliet, the most recent one (which was excellent, by the way) we were in 
> the company of a theatre full of 10th graders who had just read the play 
> in their curriculum.  After the film, the mob of crying girls could be 
> heard saying very sensitive things like, "Did you cry when Mercutio 
> died?  I did.  Leonardo was really good, too."  
> 
> I imagine a 10th grade English teacher giving extra credit for seeing 
> the movie, and for some reason I can't articulate, it makes my gorge 
> rise.  I remember having to watch the terrible Gatsby adaption in 11th 
> grade after reading the tremendous novel, and found the film an 
> insult--and what was more disappointing than the film was the fact that 
> none of my peers seemed to notice that it was a terrible adaption.
> 
> Sorry, Mr Kubrick, here's one fan of your films who cannot support the 
> adaption of Catcher.  My god, has he even read it yet?  Does D.B. and 
> the word "prostitute" come to mind?
> 
> I'm sorry, Camille--I don't think you a liar, but I'm still having a 
> very hard time believing the info.  Mostly because I can't imagine 
> Salinger after all these years going, "You know, now would be a the best 
> time to go ahead and get Catcher on the big screen--while Hollywood is 
> at its best."  
> 
> Of course, I'll see it if it does indeed ever arrive, and I'll hate it 
> the whole time.
> 
> Brendan
>   
> 
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