Also, feel free to discuss anything related to the topic of books-to-movies:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/t4FM9FxVYv07-Z95-zUZppA/htmlview
I found the above link fascinating, some of it "ugh", some of it, "bet it gets scrapped."
― Legs Hates Me (I M Losted), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
http://hilobrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/man-who-was-thursday-1.jpg
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 11:02 (nine years ago) link
lord of the rings
― is this empty sanitism (darraghmac), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 11:17 (nine years ago) link
it's a miracle that Catcher in the Rye has never been filmed, that would be godawful
(I think I just ensured that James Franco will do it)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 August 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
Kazan wanted to make it at one point, but Salinger of course said no.
I'm surprised nobody has made a film out of Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly by John Franklin Bardin.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 7 August 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
The Man Who Was Thursday would make a great animated film, especially if crazily stylized.
― jmm, Thursday, 7 August 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
the autobiography of this guy (leavened by some more factual material) could be the first good historical baseball movie. Bill Murray coulda been great, now I'd go with Michael Shannon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Veeck
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 August 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
imaginary man who was thursday movie also my answer to the after hours thread
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 7 August 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link