Home theater: Movies that live up to the books that inspired them
Jun 18, 2020
3 minutes
At a time when many of us are trying to tame that tottering pile of novels we’ve been meaning to read or reread, this might also be a good time to highlight some of the terrific films derived from great literature.
Standout examples are relatively few. Great fiction is an intimate expression of a writer’s way of seeing, and this vision is extremely difficult for a filmmaker to duplicate. When William Faulkner, for example, describes
“The Namesake”“The Dead”“The Member of the Wedding”“Great Expectations”You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
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