tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post8189672889799209171..comments2023-06-29T12:50:11.658+01:00Comments on Unfit For Print: Five Dream AdaptationsChip Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703857102434828100noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-40981332923121912312007-11-19T20:48:00.000+00:002007-11-19T20:48:00.000+00:00Good choice, Jon - I was toying with the idea of p...Good choice, Jon - I was toying with the idea of putting The Outsider in my list, but Glamorama beat it by a short head (not that Glamorama is the better book). <BR/><BR/>There are a couple of really good Andre Gide novels also worthy of a mention here (The Counterfeiters, The Vatican Cellars), as well as a couple by Wyndham Lewis (Apes of God, Tarr). <BR/><BR/>Blimey, I think I'd better start Chip Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703857102434828100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-26789997995608191592007-11-19T20:20:00.000+00:002007-11-19T20:20:00.000+00:00I'll pop my head up and say my number one dream ad...I'll pop my head up and say my number one dream adaptation would have to be The Plague by Camus. It was tried a couple of years ago with Wiliam Hurt, with a different setting (South America as opposed to Algiera) and seemingly a lack of any idea as to what the book might have been about. It lost so much in its desperate desire to be another in an ever-expanding list of bad William Hurt films. Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01957384209312857833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-42723069610210212442007-11-19T19:18:00.000+00:002007-11-19T19:18:00.000+00:00I read DHT a little while back - lots of shagging,...I read DHT a little while back - lots of shagging, oh yes, but lots of jaw dropping paragraphs about real grinding poverty. The shagging kind of got in the way for me (and by jingo, there's one hell of a lot of it). <BR/><BR/>If it's a ruck you're after, Lucy, I guess we could go for a straight adaptation of Naked Lunch. Or how about Filthy English by Jonathan Meades? So many rucks, so little Chip Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703857102434828100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-73903538651721433652007-11-19T19:06:00.000+00:002007-11-19T19:06:00.000+00:00I would like to see Dirty Havana Trilogy made it i...I would like to see Dirty Havana Trilogy made it into a film. Yes just the one film cos despite being called a Trilogy it's actually one book. It's a semi-autobiographical account of some Cuban guy shagging. Everyone. In Cuba. And that's about it. But it would start a ruck and that's all I care about. Bet you look it up on Amazon now.Lucy Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15576008511353143019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-66123011062029158252007-11-19T18:27:00.000+00:002007-11-19T18:27:00.000+00:00I saw V for Vendetta when it came out - no wonder ...I saw V for Vendetta when it came out - no wonder Alan Moore asked for his name to be taken off the credits. What a load of verbose old toss!<BR/><BR/>That said, I am more than happy with Oli at the helm of Top Ten - you have my vote, sir. Perhaps we could start a mail-in vote at MGM or something?Chip Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703857102434828100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-31658748972270291892007-11-19T11:11:00.000+00:002007-11-19T11:11:00.000+00:00Top Ten, by Alan Moore... if I get to be the write...Top Ten, by Alan Moore... if I get to be the writer/director with complete creative control. Maybe a little hopeful there.<BR/><BR/>American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Vin Diesel as Shadow. You know it works.Olihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03302441388002744047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-18697751090558866752007-11-17T17:09:00.000+00:002007-11-17T17:09:00.000+00:00Wow, had no idea about The Atrocity Exhibition - l...Wow, had no idea about The Atrocity Exhibition - looks intriguing, eespecially the plot keywords on IMDB: "Avant Garde/Sex/Architecture...". Sounds like my sort of film! Thanks for the tip off, Mr Encyclopaedic!Chip Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703857102434828100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-35487395246083652812007-11-17T16:52:00.000+00:002007-11-17T16:52:00.000+00:00I know which books I'd adapt if I had the money to...I know which books I'd adapt if I had the money to buy the rights (but I'll keep them a secret- ain't I mean?)...<BR/><BR/>Hoary old films sometimes make good remakes- like Alien... hoorah!<BR/><BR/>By the way, there's already a film of The Atrocity Exhibition. Don't know if it's any good. I'd put in funky whatnots that you could just click on... but I can't.<BR/><BR/>So not only is it:<BR/>httpJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01957384209312857833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-49651155352240565652007-11-17T16:32:00.000+00:002007-11-17T16:32:00.000+00:00There's stacks more I could mention here... I'm re...There's stacks more I could mention here... I'm reading a lot of Nelson Algren at the moment - The Man with the Golden Arm seems ripe for a re-make to me. A Walk on the Wild Side would make a cracking film as well. <BR/><BR/>There's also a book on Nico (the ex-Velvet Undergounder who died a few years back) by her touring keyboard player James Young - for a book packed with junkies and freaks, Chip Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703857102434828100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-79620410714978841952007-11-17T15:38:00.000+00:002007-11-17T15:38:00.000+00:00Clay's Ark by Octavia Butler. Excellent low-budget...Clay's Ark by Octavia Butler. Excellent low-budget sci-fi.Elinorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233219453840471777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088772136794609539.post-11231920106725182892007-11-17T13:29:00.000+00:002007-11-17T13:29:00.000+00:00The Thought Gang by Tibor Fischer. Although I don...The Thought Gang by Tibor Fischer. Although I don't think it would actually be any good as a film.DraconianOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01568395940552236401noreply@blogger.com