Adaptations abound
While looking for proof of my suspicions that filmmakers are getting paid the big bucks off the backs of our favorite authors, I found an article that says 85 percent of movies are adaptations. Of course, he doesn't exactly cite his information, but I buy it.
And in a defense of sorts for those movies that leave out, or change completely, their source material's plot points, there's the classic story of Greed, adapted from Frank Norris' McTeague. It was originally 16 hours long. Imagine sitting through that.
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The Movie "A Beautiful Mind", while raking in all kinds of awards literally gutted the original story, which was much, much, more compelling and not made up.
Posted by: Rage | June 24, 2008 4:45 PM