Novels into Films
In the January issue of Vogue magazine there was a piece about the cultural highlights of 2007 (go with me on this; it’s not as pretentious as it sounds) and there was a mention of novels being made into films. Yay! This is the perfect excuse to reread the books and then see the movies (okay, I know some of you are just going to go see the movie instead of reading the books, but you’ll really be missing out on good stuff). We’re going to see Keira Knightly, Laura Linney, Scarlett Johansson, Kal Penn, James McAvoy, Michael Pitt and Renee Zellwegger light up the screen in adaptations of popular books including Ian McEwan’s Atonement, Richard Maltby’s Potter, Jhumpra Lahiri’s The Namesake, Alessandra Barrico’s Silk and Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus’ The Nanny Diaries. Now I have to confess that the only book of this list I’ve actually read is the Nanny Diaries. So I have even more reason to read the books before seeing the movies.
And rounding off the list is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. No need to reread this one since I’ve read it a hundred times already, but it’s always fun to.
C.
Caren Johnson Estesen
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Reader Comments (4)
Alessandro Barrico's Silk is the only one on the list I've read, but it's short and it's really good.
I loved Ian McEwan's Atonement - but I don't know how it would translate into a film - it was very slow moving. Nice for a book, but hard to pull off as a movie.
I loved Silk as well - that should be interesting, and I like the Nanny Diaries too. Can't wait to see that one!
My daughter wants to see Eragon before she reads the book. She claims that her friends told her the book was better than the movie, so she would be disappointed if she saw it first. I said all right - as long as she reads the book!
I loved the latest Pride & Prejudice, although I know a lot of Jane-ites didn't. I'm assuming that's the book-into-movie with Keira Knightly. I liked the last Harry Potter movie the best--maybe because it was the darkest.
Harry Potter -- can't WAIT for it!!! We have all forms of the Harry Potter books -- hardcover, paperback, CD AND cassette. No matter where we're roaming, we can read or listen to Harry. And Jim Dale does an amazing job on the audio recordings. No need for dialogue tags with him; he even nails Hermione.
Kelley