back blurb Lopez explores just what makes these works classics of both page and screen, and why each made for an exceptional adaptation - whether faithful to the book or exemplifying cinematic creative license.
I personally plan to revisit quite a few of these works - get the book from the library, read, and then find the movie and do my own comparison. I've seen a LOT of these as movies but how quickly one forgets. Same with the books. Rebecca, The Joy Luck Club, The Talented Mr. Ripley....this is going to be a fun project.
Anybody else want to join in?
That sounds like such a fun thing to do!
ReplyDeleteI first read Pride & Prejudice because I stumbled across the 1940-something black and white version, complete with crinolines (no, costume designer, just no!) and a nice Lady Catherine de Bourgh. The ending was just so terrible that I had to know what really happened.