[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

John Irving and FfR

I think I shall find the book about making the
film version of "The Cider House Rules." An
author's commentary on the writing of a book (or
a news story, since I spent my professional
formative years as a newspaper reporter) always
intrigues me. That's why I enjoyed "Trying to
Save Piggy Snead" so much.

As for OtR, I finally got a copy of "Films for
Radio" this weekend. I found it (the only copy)
at Circuit City for $12.99 -- quite a difference
in price when I thankfully passed it over at
Camelot a week ago for $18.99. My first
impressions are good, but I haven't had time to
digest it. "Give Me Strength," an excellent tune,
ends too abruptly, though.

Jeff McCloud
teamccloud at yahoo_com




--- Kelvin Bailey <prestokelvo at yahoo_com> wrote:
> 
> --- Jeff McCloud <teamccloud at yahoo_com> wrote:
>  For the record, I liked the film
> > version of "The Cider House Rules," but I was
> > disappointed because I re-read the book
> within a
> > week of seeing the film. Despite Irving's
> writing
> > the screenplay, the absence of some details
> was
> > tough to swallow.
> > 
> 
> You should check out his book on making that
> movie. 
> He has some interesting explanations for some
> of the
> choices he made doing the screenplay.
> Have you read "Trying To Save Piggy Sneed"?  I
> wrote a
> paper a year or so ago using some of the short
> stories
> in that book as well as 'The Water-Method Man'.
>  
> He's amazing.
> 
> K
> 
> =====
> "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of
> tragedy that sustained him during temporary
> periods of joy."
>                                -- W.B. Yeats
> 
>
__________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. 
> http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. 
http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text
---------------
Unsubscribe by going to http://www.actwin.com/MediaNation/OtR/
References: