Re: [MOPO] Films better than the books?

[Joseph Bonelli]

Hi from Joe B

 

I believe that George Stevens' GIANT is one of the truly great American films.  Edna Ferber's book was an entertaining best seller by as Tennessee Williams put it, "a successful writer of impersonal fiction."  Stevens turned it into a cinematic masterpiece that pays tribute to a great American state without masking warts!

 

Joe

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For me, THE GRADUATE has always been the perfect example of an exceptional film made from a mediocre novel.  A lot of the dialogue is lifted but the direction and performances lift the film to another level.

 

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