Erick wrote:
> Going back to an earlier thread regarding movie
versions being true to
the
> book, I saw The Grifters, but have not read the
book. Was the film a
> faithful adaptation?
>
In my opinion, yes, although some people quibbled with the
casting choice of John Cusack as Roy. I personally didn't
mind it, I thought he was adequate, at the least.I'd say that
this is my favourite Thompson adaptation, so far, although
there have been a few other creditable adaptations. "Coup de
Torchon" (AKA "Clean Slate" - which moves the action of "Pop
1280" from Texas to French Colonial Africa. It works
well
& is fairly faithful to the plot, IIRC but it doesn't
quite have the Thompson "flavour" to it. It's a very good
film on it's own terms, though.); "After Dark, My Sweet"
& "The Kill-Off" come to mind as other good adaptations
(& although it wasn't based on a novel by Thompson or
anyone else I like to think of Peckinpah's "Bring Me the Head
of Alfredo Garcia" as being the Thompson movie that Peckinpah
wasn't able to make with the bigger budget "The
Getaway").
Rene
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