I'm always on the lookout for a good novel or short story to
adapt for the screen and have in fact attempted to option
several properties purely as a result of reading them
following recommendations from this group. Although my
personal life is in crisis right now due to my wife's
illness, and I am unable at present effectively to do any
screenwriting, I'm not prevented from reading likely
properties.
Laying aside the opposition some may have to the notion of
adapting stories to the screen, I would like to know what
stories or novels of years past members of this group think
should have been filmed or would make good movies now. In
particular I'm thinking of more obscure properties that might
likely be available for option rather than the latest John
Grisham
(not that anyone here would suggest Grisham!)
Please give consideration to the real needs and concerns of
film adaptation--highly visual stories generally make better
films than those built primarily from interior monologues.
That doesn't mean car crashes and explosions--the films of
THE MALTESE FALCON and THE GRIFTERS were devoid of either but
were highly visual nonetheless. I'm very interested to know
what you might consider an unjustly overlooked tale.
Jim Beaver
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