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December 21, 2007
Book. Movie. Book. Movie.
Sometimes the movie is better than the book. Hal Ashby’s film Being There based on Jerzy Kosinski’s novel (and Kosinski even wrote the screenplay) and Robert Altman’s film M*A*S*H based on a Richard Hooker novel (with Ring Lardner Jr. writing the screenplay) are two that easily come to mind. But usually that’s not the case.
There’s a rash of movies out now based on excellent books. Charlie Wilson’s War was a particular favorite of Darien readers so there’ll be interesting reviews of the movie across the Library’s public service desks next week. Atonement and The Kite Runner were favorites of book groups so those films should be popular with Darien audiences as well.
Other books that are on the screen right now include No Country for Old Men and The Golden Compass. That film by the way pushed the book to the number one slot on the New York Times children’s best seller list. With Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig call it star power for books!
Let us know which you prefer- the movies or the books.
Posted by MaryF at December 21, 2007 01:17 PM
Comments
I JUST finished reading "Charlie Wilson's War" this morning (just in time). The movie opened today and looks great, BUT, the book was fabulous (will let you know the verdict next week).
Posted by: BarbaraT at December 21, 2007 03:07 PM