I recently finally read Detour. Goldsmith's secondary plot
about Sue's struggles in Hollywood was in the screenplay he
adapted from his novel, but it never ended up in the film.
We'll never know why Ulmer streamlined the story (budget?),
but it was a smart move. In the book, it feels like two
novels struggling to become one, rather than two perspectives
in a single story.
Otherwise, the movie is so close to the book that you've got
to look at all the praise heaped on Ulmer & say Goldsmith
deserves some of the credit.
--- Juri Nummelin <
juri.nummelin@pp.inet.fi> wrote:
> I also had to drop one of Wessel's books. It was
a
> small wonder that a
> Finnish publisher did at least two of his books.
I
> once googled Wessel and
> found that there had been no discussion about him
on
> Rara-Avis! (The stupid
> Finnish publisher may have decided after
having
> Wessel's bad work in their
> hands that there's no market for American
hardboiled
> crime in Finland. Too
> bad.)
>
> ***
>
> The fans of DETOUR should remember that
Martin
> Goldsmith's original novel is
> available in trade paperback.
>
> ***
>
> I liked LEON and thought it was Besson's best
film
> (which probably doesn't
> mean much). I don't know if it's noir,
though.
>
> Juri
>
>
>
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