The Medium Has It’s Own Necessities - Adapting Books Into Films
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Could the book be better than the movie? Paddy, Alex, Matan and Phoenix discuss the value and issues inherent in adapting an IP from one source to another. We go deep on classics like Bladerunner, the Shining, Annihilation and Apocalypse Now and compare them to their literary progenitors.
- Should a movie adaptation be completely faithful?
- What is entailed in keeping the "spirit" of a work?
- Our most loved and love-to-hate adaptions.
-Plus: birdseed and what constitutes too much
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