I think there is a definite disconnect between writer (of books, comics, Epic Poems) and director / playwright / screenwriter. Actual several disconnects
1. That something written a hundred or a thousand or even twenty years ago is not 'relevant' today. (see the new Andromeda Strain A&E debauchery).
2. If a story does not already contain the formula for the modern movie, that the formula should be added. (See Beowulf's added bits)
3. That stories do not always translate well the screen so they need changes. (See Darabount's comments about the ending to The Mist.)
Sorry I do not have all the links for the above. The point is that the movie maker works in a different medium and somehow considers that medium inherently at odds with the written word. They apparently cannot evoke in images what writers do with words.
One of the most perplexing writers for me is Stephen King. He does some of his own screenplays, like The Stand I believe. I love The Stand and the mini-series was ok but wow were there several unnecessary changes to that. Yet in the preface to the unedited version of The Stand, he points out correctly that films are inherently limiting.
Ok (steps off of her soapbox and puts her heels back on). I am done ranting.
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Date: 2007-11-29 12:33 am (UTC)1. That something written a hundred or a thousand or even twenty years ago is not 'relevant' today. (see the new Andromeda Strain A&E debauchery).
2. If a story does not already contain the formula for the modern movie, that the formula should be added. (See Beowulf's added bits)
3. That stories do not always translate well the screen so they need changes. (See Darabount's comments about the ending to The Mist.)
Sorry I do not have all the links for the above. The point is that the movie maker works in a different medium and somehow considers that medium inherently at odds with the written word. They apparently cannot evoke in images what writers do with words.
One of the most perplexing writers for me is Stephen King. He does some of his own screenplays, like The Stand I believe. I love The Stand and the mini-series was ok but wow were there several unnecessary changes to that. Yet in the preface to the unedited version of The Stand, he points out correctly that films are inherently limiting.
Ok (steps off of her soapbox and puts her heels back on). I am done ranting.