Films based on novels

Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 seminal anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front explores the themes of misguided patriotism and the horrible randomness of war in graphic detail, cementing its place as one of the first and greatest critiques of war ever put to page. The novel was widely published and quickly adapted to film by Lewis Milestone in 1930 to critical acclaim. This rendition of the novel sought to highlight the horrors of war while largely remaining true to the original text, albeit…

The 2014 David Fincher film Gone Girl is based on the 2012 novel Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Gone Girl is about a husband, Nick Dunne, who is now suspected of killing his wife Amy Dune and now that his innocence is being question; the community and world now turns their attention on him. The movie has a combination of mystery, thriller and horror. Gone Girl did not deviate from the form of the genres. For example, the mystery of what happened to Amy Dunne and the horror of the crime scene that…

The Film Adaptation of the “Unfilmable” Watchmen In 2009, Zack Snyder filmed the first and only adaption of what was considered to be an “unfilmable” (Van Ness 172) graphic novel: Alan Moore’s Watchmen. Moore was a firm believer in the fact that it was a story unable to be transferred over from a comic to another medium – the story was meant to stay in the medium it was designed for. The graphic novel allows for a complex, metatextual narrative structure to be employed to tell such the story of…

The Mind of a Director Between 40 and 50% of movies are based on books, and most of the time it isn't always a great adaptation. Rob Stevenson was the director of the movie Johnny Tremain. After watching the movie I was able to spot severe differences from the book it was based on. This book was Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. I believe that the director did a mediocre job of his portrayal of the book. I have come to this conclusion because many main characters were excluded, the story…

INTRODUCTION Both fictional novels and cultural mosaic films are defined by their use of generic conventions to present a particular meaning, relative to a particular perspective. The film Babel, can be viewed as a mosaic, cultural film, through the use of symbolism and manipulation of time. Not only can the text be viewed as a mosaic cultural film, it can also be identified as a non – linear political drama. Each viewing, therefore relates to perspective of the audience which can reflect a…

The novel Dracula written by Bram Stoker’s has countless adaptations due to Stoker’s unique construction of the monstrous character Count Dracula. These adaptations include movies, television series, parodies, novels, video games, and comic books. At first impression of the film I thought the director and screen play writer did a satisfactory job alongside keeping the film similar to the original writings, although there are some differences. One of the most prominent character difference was…

For decades, popular novels have been published and years later followed with a film. Although the movie tends to portray imagery, the course of events in the book tend to contrast to those of the film. This became abundantly clear when I read the book and watched the movie, The Natural. In both the novel and the film, we learn about the life of a baseball player named Roy Hobbs, who was born with a talent and was given the ability to pursue his goal of life. Although his mindset was determined…

Consistently rated among the top films made of all time, Godfather trivia should be interesting to anyone with an interest in classic films. Most recently, to show how highly it is regarded, the AFI ranked it only behind Citizen Kane on one of their best movie lists. The film was based on a book written by Mario Puzo, and tells the story of the Corleone mob family. The Godfather, the novel, was one of the most successful novels of all time. The film achieved similar success and recognition, and…

classics, horror, and fantasy novels. He loved the novel The Catcher in the Rye; writers F. Scott Fitzgerald and Tennessee Williams. In 1988 Chbosky graduated from Upper St. Clair High School, while in high school, he seemed to have met Stewart Stern; screenwriter of the James Dean film Rebel Without a Cause. They closely became friends after the screenplay, Stern became Chbosky's mentor, and had a major influence on Chbosky's career; Bill from Perks of Being a Wallflower was based off of Stern…

non-fiction novel was written by Truman Capote in 1966 seven years following the murdering of the Clutter family. The text was written as a factual report documenting the events that led up to the murders, the actual murders, and the after math of the murders. In Cold Blood the film was written and directed by Richard Brooks in 1967. Based off Truman Capote’s novel it was released on year after In Cold Blood the novel. Centered around the same horrific incident In Cold Blood the novel and the…