With the annual announcement of the Golden Globes nominations it is always with anticipation as to which books were utilized to create some of the lucky noms. Atonement, No Country for Old Men, Charlie Wilson's War, Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Into the Wild all had a foundation in the book world before they were expanded to the celluloid universe. As is the case with most book adaptations a film can struggle when it gives sight to the words voice. Characters are compressed, details morphed into visual nausea, and the personal interpretation that we all feel when reading the book can become lost. We have already cast the film version in our minds. (Would your mind allow Keanu to speak Shakespeare?)
View the movie as primer...a brief glimpse into a story waiting to be read.
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