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My Favourite Books On the Big Screen: to see or not to see?

19/9/2017

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by Rana Asfour
I am always conflicted when a book I particularly enjoyed reading is to be given the Hollywood treatment.
I have found that my reservation is rooted in selfishness. A part of me refuses to relinquish its hold on an appropriated image - and experience - that I feel is not only mine but should remain mine alone. Characters - however imaginary - are real to their readers and develop a personality that is dependent not only on what the writer tells us about the characters but also on our interpretation of what we are being told.  Every reader arrives at a book with their own set of experiences, prejudices, and view of the world and if Edmund Wilson is to be believed then never will 'two persons read the same book' and never will the same person read the same book in the same way twice.

With that, I have come to appreciate that reading a book and watching an adaptation of it on screen are two separate experiences that when you think about it allows a fresh perspective on the familiar. Besides, let's face it, seeing your characters being given flesh and blood is exciting and there's a lot to be said when it comes to time out at the cinema. Isn't there?

What do you think?
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Susan
19/9/2017 08:38:07 am

But sometimes a film leads one to a marvelous reading experience. Encountered the film The Mambo Kings, drawn to it by Antonio Banderas and Armand Assante (who could resist?!). When I saw the screenplay was based on The Mambo Kings Sing Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos, I was led to discover a book that just blew me away! I'm so happy I encountered these two experiences in this particular order....

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Bookfabulous
19/9/2017 10:00:56 am

Hi Susan. Totally get your point. And that's why I see them as two different experiences; one feeding into the other & both a source of entertainment. But I have found that once I watch a film I rarely read the book whereas I will always watch the film for a book irrespective of whether I enjoyed it or not. Ultimately though, film or book it's all about how well a story is told :)

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Mimi
19/9/2017 09:58:29 am

I love reading a book first, then watching the movie. It always brings a different perspective but when the movie strays too much from the book, I get disappointed - Girl in the train was my most recent, the book is set in the commuter belt outskirts of London but the movie was in the US.

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Bookfabulous
19/9/2017 12:23:58 pm

My recent one Mimi was 'The Circle'. I could just not get my head round Emma Watson as lead actress choice! It might have been OK. It they also changed major things in the film! I was destroyed 😢

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