tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221642905677300246.post5941566726965372269..comments2012-01-29T04:52:32.400-08:00Comments on The Blog of No: Drama KidsMargarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01906865836924993867noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221642905677300246.post-4118308974880979712011-03-04T17:49:54.337-08:002011-03-04T17:49:54.337-08:00True, Jurrasic Park was "close'ish" ...True, Jurrasic Park was "close'ish" to the book, and more so than many other books to film that I've seen. And I fully agree that books thrive because they give people what can not be accomplished in films. Imagination around the scenarios being described. <br /><br />I once had a guest speaker in one of my directing classes in London say something to the effect of "...if you don't want your writing 'played with', messed about with and all that, write a novel...it's the only place where you can write the exact specifics down and make sure the people read what you want them too (if the room is black and the guy in it is a blonde with a scar running down his right arm, every time your ead it that's what you'll get)...words in a play are interpreted by those who direct it, act it and so forth..." (and even more so if the play/film is an adaptation of someone else's novel.)<br /><br />And yet, this same book that I feel in love with, and feel not sure about the film ... I have, what I deem to be, a brilliant stage adaptation for it in my mind. Hahahah...Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01906865836924993867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221642905677300246.post-84193481709325188042011-03-04T05:53:14.369-08:002011-03-04T05:53:14.369-08:00The only book I have ever read, and loved so much ...The only book I have ever read, and loved so much that I felt transported by it, that even came CLOSE to being approximated on the big screen was Jurassic Park. And even there, large omissions, character deletions and character amalgams, pithy writing and whatnot were dramatically altered. There is a reason books, in this day of electronic/technological achievement, still maintain a thriving niche...Mikenoreply@blogger.com