To tie in with Don Quixote read along I been research things Don Quixote the last few weeks and Have rewatched Lost in La Mancha the documentary about Terry Gillans abandon version of Don Quixote which he is finally make and releasing next year this brought me to what people call unfilmable books ,Now midnights children had been mentioned as a unfilmable book and is just in filming ,with lord of the rings done to great success but may be not sticking to the whole book by choose certain bits ,and Tristram Shandy made as a film with in a film oh how Laurence Sterne would have liked that ,although some of these films don’t work .The unfilmable books are getting made .I think life a user manual is impossible to film !
SO WHICH BOOK DO YOU THINK IS UNFILMABLE ?
I think Blindness by Jose Saramago is unfilmable. Unfortuantely they tried and actually did an OK job. It still didn’t work though – there is no way you can convey that blindness and writing quality on the screen. Some things should just stay as books!
I thought blindness the film was awful ,but not sure if saramago would work as a film very well ,all the best stu
I think there are many books that are unfilmable, but people just keep trying! For example, I am not sure how they’re going to do The Book Thief. But if that is done well, then it will be REALLY good!
yes I think if guy that did pans labyrinth does book theif it may work needs be dark ,even so not sure it be great ,all the best stu