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     Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 368 Registered: 04-2005 |
Died today - aged 91 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/america s/8486169.stm Cheers Jon | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 530 Registered: 04-2005 |
"Boy, when you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody." (Holden Caufield in 'The Catcher in the Rye') Another true maverick talent bites the dust. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 233 Registered: 05-2005 |
nice one Andrew, he will probably still get the flowers though. Perhaps a film of Catcher will get made now as he had blocked every attempt since the book came out | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 531 Registered: 04-2005 |
Oh I really hope not Cosmo !! Much as I love film I feel that there are a ton of literary adaptions that should never have been made. Reading a book and (re)creating a story and its characters in your head is a unique personal experience. Sometimes seeing someone else's vision of that book is not a good thing. For someone who was so deeply entangled in the world that he had created I imagine that would have been unbearable for Salinger. Hope that his estate respect his wishes. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 234 Registered: 05-2005 |
I was just speculating on the inevitable Andrew and agree a movie would almost definitely be a disaster, cant see Holden appealing to modern audiences or any actor nailing the quirks and nuances. For the record I can barely think of a novel I have liked that has been turned into a decent film and I certainly cant think of a film adaptation which has matched the brilliance of any of my favourite books. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1732 Registered: 01-2005 |
Speaking of a movie, I tried to watch Field of Dreams yesterday. The book it was based on (Shoeless Joe) was far superior. In the book the reclusive author is Salinger, and in the movie the writer/director went with a fictional author character instead played by James Earl Jones. The writer/director gave no valid reason for the switch in his commentary track. |