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Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films
An Eclectic Collection of Fiction That Inspired Film
Memento, All About Eve, Rear Window, Rashomon, and 2001: A Space Odyssey are all well-known and much-loved movies, but what is perhaps a lesser-known fact is that all of them began their lives as short stories. Adaptations gathers together 35 pieces that have been the basis for films, many from giants of American literature (Hemingway, Fitzgerald) and many that have not been in print for decades (the stories that inspired Bringing Up Baby, Meet John Doe, and All About Eve).
Categorized by genre, and featuring movies by master directors such as Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Frank Capra, and John Ford, as well as relative newcomers such as Chris Eyre and Christopher Nolan, Adaptations offers insight into the process of turning a short story into a screenplay, one that, when successful, doesn’t take drastic liberties with the text upon which it is based, but doesn’t mirror its source material too closely either. The stories and movies featured in Adaptations include:
- Philip K. Dick’s “The Minority Report,” which became the 2002 blockbuster directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise
- “The Harvey Pekar Name Story” by reclusive graphic artist Harvey Pekar, whose life was the inspiration for American Splendor, winner of the 2003 Sundance Grand Jury Prize
- Hagar Wilde’s “Bringing Up Baby,” the basis of the classic film Bringing Up Baby, anthologized here for the first time ever
- “The Swimmer” by John Cheever, an example of a highly regarded story that many feared might prove unadaptable•The predecessor to the beloved holiday classic A Christmas Story, “Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid” by Jean Shepherd
Whether you’re a fiction reader or a film buff, Adaptations is your behind-the-scenes look at the sometimes difficult, sometimes brilliantly successful process from the printed page to the big screen.
Memento, All About Eve, Rear Window, Rashomon, and 2001: A Space Odyssey are all well-known and much-loved movies, but what is perhaps a lesser-known fact is that all of them began their lives as short stories. Adaptations gathers together 35 pieces that have been the basis for films, many from giants of American literature (Hemingway, Fitzgerald) and many that have not been in print for decades (the stories that inspired Bringing Up Baby, Meet John Doe, and All About Eve).
Categorized by genre, and featuring movies by master directors such as Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Frank Capra, and John Ford, as well as relative newcomers such as Chris Eyre and Christopher Nolan, Adaptations offers insight into the process of turning a short story into a screenplay, one that, when successful, doesn’t take drastic liberties with the text upon which it is based, but doesn’t mirror its source material too closely either. The stories and movies featured in Adaptations include:
- Philip K. Dick’s “The Minority Report,” which became the 2002 blockbuster directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise
- “The Harvey Pekar Name Story” by reclusive graphic artist Harvey Pekar, whose life was the inspiration for American Splendor, winner of the 2003 Sundance Grand Jury Prize
- Hagar Wilde’s “Bringing Up Baby,” the basis of the classic film Bringing Up Baby, anthologized here for the first time ever
- “The Swimmer” by John Cheever, an example of a highly regarded story that many feared might prove unadaptable•The predecessor to the beloved holiday classic A Christmas Story, “Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid” by Jean Shepherd
Whether you’re a fiction reader or a film buff, Adaptations is your behind-the-scenes look at the sometimes difficult, sometimes brilliantly successful process from the printed page to the big screen.
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November 28, 2021
‘Adaptions’ is a collection of 35 short stories, taken from a series of genres, that inspired movies. John Cheever’s ‘The Swimmer’, Phil Dick’s ‘The Minority Report’ . Cortazar’s ‘Blow Up’, and Cornell Woolrich’s ‘It Had to Be Murder’ (Rear Window) are just a few of the stories on offer. A great book to dip into from time to time. Recommended for those who like to get back to the origins of some great movies.
October 31, 2018
For some reason I thought I'd written a review for this years ago when I first joined GR, but alas, seems either it was eaten by the Byte Monster or never submitted. I recommend this one, not only because it is a great collection of short stories, but shows why the adaptation worked so well. As I've stated in many reviews that short stories make the best vehicles for movie adaptations because they provide enough world building without creating this rabid fan mentality that rejects any interpretation but strict adherence. There's room to expand or following a trajectory hinted, but not explicitly stated.
March 21, 2007
I'm really enjoying this compilation of stories that have been adapted to film. The stories are organized under either genre categories (like Horror, Science-fiction, and Westerns) or more constructed groupings such as "Five All But Lost Stories" and "The Good, the Bad, and the Unadaptable."
Many of the pieces themselves are good or at least entertaining, and it is interesting to ponder the screenwriter's modifications to the stories. The story on which Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window was based by Cornell Woolrich, for instance, does not feature the female lead so memorably memorialized by Grace Kelly, nor does it depict the colorful mix of neighbors and their relations with one another. Instead, it focuses pretty exclusively on suspected wife-killer Lars Thorwald.
John Cheever's "The Swimmer" is especially difficult to imagine in its film form. The levels interwoven in this slightly fantastical tale of a man who decides to swim through the pools of his well-heeled neighbors in order to return to his home and the symbolism his interactions with each of them takes on is hard to imagine on screen.
What this book really imparts is that in spite of the adage that the movie is never as good as the book (which itself isn't necessarily true), in fact, the movies are usually better than the short stories. Some of the stories in Adaptations are peppered with the sort of narration that can be conveyed in a more interesting and subtle manner with screen images. Other times though, as with "The Swimmer," it is suggested that it is very difficult to convey this image-heavy story on screen. Very interesting book, and I must thank my roommate and her boyfriend for it, since they gave it to me as a holdiay gift!
Many of the pieces themselves are good or at least entertaining, and it is interesting to ponder the screenwriter's modifications to the stories. The story on which Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window was based by Cornell Woolrich, for instance, does not feature the female lead so memorably memorialized by Grace Kelly, nor does it depict the colorful mix of neighbors and their relations with one another. Instead, it focuses pretty exclusively on suspected wife-killer Lars Thorwald.
John Cheever's "The Swimmer" is especially difficult to imagine in its film form. The levels interwoven in this slightly fantastical tale of a man who decides to swim through the pools of his well-heeled neighbors in order to return to his home and the symbolism his interactions with each of them takes on is hard to imagine on screen.
What this book really imparts is that in spite of the adage that the movie is never as good as the book (which itself isn't necessarily true), in fact, the movies are usually better than the short stories. Some of the stories in Adaptations are peppered with the sort of narration that can be conveyed in a more interesting and subtle manner with screen images. Other times though, as with "The Swimmer," it is suggested that it is very difficult to convey this image-heavy story on screen. Very interesting book, and I must thank my roommate and her boyfriend for it, since they gave it to me as a holdiay gift!
June 20, 2019
Finally, a short story collection that I finished! I enjoyed the mix of well known and little known writers and movies, and stories that mostly had a film-worthy plot.
August 29, 2021
My notes and loglines of the stories
“Jerry and Molly and Sam” by Raymond Carver: Al, a patriarch of a family, has a problem with the family pet, Suzie. As a result, Al is determined to get rid of her.
The story is a metaphor, comparing Al’s affair destroying his relationship with the family to Suzie chewing away at antenna cables and such. He abandons the dog, grows regretful at his mournful family, and looks for it. He finds it with a new family, mirroring his own desires to start over.
“Blow-Up” by Julio Cortazar: In a shift point of view story, Michael takes a photograph of a couple in a park. In his subsequent studying a blow-up of the photo, he discovers that the stranger is the background of the husband confronting his wife and her lover. It’s a detective plot.
“Your Arkansas Traveler” by Budd Schulberg: In a strangely prophetic story, a musician becomes a regular on a radio show, sharing his stories, and eventually growing a devoted following. Using his newfound popularity, he becomes an “everyman politician,” with “common sense solutions” to the problems facing the USA. Meanwhile, it seems that this musician isn’t everything he appears to be.
Trump??
“It Had to be Murder” by Cornell Woolrich: An man with a broken leg takes up a new hobby of studying people, and discovers that a murder has taken place.
The basis for Hitchcock’s “The Rear Window.”
“The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke: Despite being the novel version of 2001: A Space Odyssey, this subdued story focusing strictly on the discovery of the artifact and fear over what that implies.
“Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss: In a world where population control is in full effect, a family discovers they are permitted to adopt a child. Meanwhile, their own child questions why his family is moving away from him.
The child is a robot, and the question of his crisis and feelings come into play during the final pages of this straddling revelation.
“The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick: In the future, three mutants predict all future crimes. One day, its aging creator John Anderton learns that he has been selected for “precrime” in a “minority report.”
In his effort to clear his name, he learns that in order to secure his legacy he has to commit the crime he’s been accused of, a crime that wouldn’t have occurred if it wasn’t predicted.
“Spurs” by Tod Robbins: In a small travelling circus in France, dwarf performer Jacques has fallen in love with the troupe's bareback rider, Jeanne Marie. He proposes marriage and she accepts after learning of a large inheritance. But a drunken insult results in Jacques tormenting her, showcasing how abuse and discrimination results in abuse.
“The Fly” by George Langelaan: A two part story reminiscent of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
In the first part, François Delambre talks to his sister-in-law Hélène to figure out why she killed her husband/his brother, and why a fly is so important. In the second part, Hélène reveals her husband's experiments, the failure of an experiment, his horrifying reveal, and his wish for death. In the end, François learns that the fly has been killed.
“Herbert West–Reanimator: Six Shots by Midnight” by H.P. Lovecraft: In a story reminiscent of “Frankenstein,” the narrator takes the place of Igor.
Here, the narrator and West try to reanimate a corpse, but fail. Afterwards, a child is murdered, and West kills the creation he has worked so hard to make.
“Stage to Lordsburg” by Ernest Haycox: A stagecoach takes a group of weary travelers across counties, but are intercepted by Native Americans. After a bloody gunfight, they arrive at their destination a little more world weary.
“A Man Called Horse” by Dorothy M. Johnson: A Boston aristocrat is captured by a Native American tribe. Initially enslaved, he later comes to respect his captors' culture, gains their respect, and marries his owner’s daughter. Taking the name Horse, he becomes a respected member of the tribe, but after the death of his wife and his owner, he stays with his owner’s mother until her death before returning.
It’s the white savior trope done right.
*“This is what it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” by Sherman Alexie: After the death of his father, Victor goes to collect his ashes. He enlists the help of Thomas-Builds-A Fire, and they get the ashes and return.
Their friendship is not rekindled, but the experience stays with them.
“The Harvey Pekar Name Story” by Harvey Pekar: A short comic strip where Harvey Pekar reveals his unique name and how it becomes less unique as he grows older.
“Hubba Hubba” by Daniel Clowes: A day in the life of two friends as they visit a diner, answer an ad in the paper asking for a girlfriend, laugh at the joke, and regret the reality.
“The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr: In the world of theater, a devoted fan reveals herself to be a stalker, intent on replacing an aging star.
“A Reputation” by Richard Connell: A man declares he will commit suicide on The Fourth of July, without actually meaning to, but becomes engrossed in his newfound fame and the fawning over his fans.
“Mr. Blandings Builds His Castle” by Eric Hodgins: A family goes in for some home renovations and are shocked at the realities of such a task.
“Cyclists’ Raid” by Frank Rooney: A group of bikers invade a town and set up shop. They are cordial by day, and drunk by night.
The head of a hotel deals with blame and loss of innocence.
“Tomorrow” by William Faulkner: A jury is hung by one man, who reveals he shouldn’t have been on the jury. The story is about how this juror adopted a child that was later taken from him, and this child grew up to be a murderer. He still loves him, despite what he has become.
“Bringing Up Baby” by Hagar Wilde: A comedic story about a young couple who find themselves not only taking care of a panther, but keeping it hidden when their wealthy aunt comes visiting.
“Babylon, Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald: The twenties are over, and the Great Depression is here. Despite kicking his drinking habit, a man is unable to reconcile with his daughter and run away from the demons of his past.
“The Swimmer” by John Cheever: A man swims through his neighbor's interconnected pools to his home, and misses life in the process.
“The Killers” by Ernest Hemingway: During Prohibition in the twenties, two hitmen, Max and Al, go to murder Ole Andreson, a Swedish ex-heavyweight prizefighter, for a “friend,” at a dinner run by George. When George doesn’t show up, the hitmen leave, and George sends for someone to warn Andreson, who has accepted his fate.
“The Basement Room” by Graham Greene: A young boy, left alone under the care of his housekeepers, wishes to wander outside and see the world beyond, but after opening the doors experiences the muddied waters of good and evil for the first time when he witnesses a servant he admires with a young girl. Soon, he fingers himself entangled in the twisted affair between a man he admires doing wrong and a woman he hates mentally deteriorating before his eyes.
It’s a story of firsts: first time seeing good and evil, first time seeing people aren’t what they appear to be, first time seeing death.
“Memento Mori” by Jonathan Nolan: A man unable to remember the previous ten minutes wakes up not knowing where he is—only knowing that his wife is dead. Every ten minutes, he learns his wife died, feels the pain of that loss, and learns he killed her rapist/murderer, over and over and over again. Pain is temporary, time is forever.
“My Friend Flicka” by Mary O’Hara: A young boy adopts a horse that everyone thinks is unable to be trained.
“Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid” by Jean Shepherd: A young boy wants a BB Gun only to grow more determined after being told he’ll “shoot his eye out.”
The basis for “A Christmas Story.”
“Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa” by W.P. Kinsella: When Rays hears a voice telling him to build a baseball field in the midst of his corn crop in order to give his hero a chance at redemption, he blindly follows instructions.
“In a Grove” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa: Multiple conflicts accounts over a murder. Everyone is lying, and the case doesn’t make sense no matter how you slice.
“The Lady with the Pet Dog” by Anton Chekhov: A man and woman both take a fancy to each other, despite both being married. They end the affair, but later meet up, uncertain about their futures.
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates: A young 15 year old girl gets a rapping on her door by a young Bob Dylan look alike named Arnold Friend, but while Dylan is a Messiah figure, Friend proves to be a more devilishly version. Using only his words, he coaxes her to come outside and into his web.
Based on the Dyland song: “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.”
“Auggie Wren's Christmas Story” by Paul Auster: Auggie Wren runs a store where you can buy tobacco and magazines. One day a youth steals a few paperbacks and Augggie Wren runs after him. The young man loses his wallet and Auggie stops to pick it up. He looks in the wallet and finds the address of what turns out to be the grandmother of our young delinquent.
“Emergency” by Dennis Johnson: Fuckhead, a drug addict, works in a hospital with another drug addict, the seemingly simple minded George. Fuckhead believes that George, like him, is destined to screw up everything he touches. When a man comes in with a knife in his eye, the doctors are unsure as to how to remove it, but George does it without anyone noticing. When George kills a rabbit, Fuckhead takes care of its babies but ends up killing them because he forgot about them. When they find that their friend has become a Vietnam draft dodger, George says he saves lives.
Fuckhead realizes that he isn’t sure if George will screw up or not, and realizes that he and George are nothing alike: he is worse than George. It’s man vs self told simplistically and without melodrama. Very postmodern.
“Killings” by Andre Dubus: After the death of his son, Matt Fowler goes to kill Richard Strout, his son’s killer.
The story begins with Matt wanting to kill Richard only in self defense, to his defences breaking down slowly but surely. First it’s when his friend, Willis, says that he knew Richard as a child and he hasn’t changed, that he bartends at night, and will only do five years in prison. The second is when his wife, Ruth, gives him permission to kill him. The third is when Richard himself jumps bail. Fowler takes Richard, offering an escape. When it becomes clear he intends to murder him, Richard begs for his life, for his children’s, for his wife’s, saying that Matt’s son was having an affair with his wife, saying he beat his son as a warning but his son came back, saying he will go to jail for twenty years. Matt notes that in twenty years, Richard will be younger than Matt is now, and kills him.
“Jerry and Molly and Sam” by Raymond Carver: Al, a patriarch of a family, has a problem with the family pet, Suzie. As a result, Al is determined to get rid of her.
The story is a metaphor, comparing Al’s affair destroying his relationship with the family to Suzie chewing away at antenna cables and such. He abandons the dog, grows regretful at his mournful family, and looks for it. He finds it with a new family, mirroring his own desires to start over.
“Blow-Up” by Julio Cortazar: In a shift point of view story, Michael takes a photograph of a couple in a park. In his subsequent studying a blow-up of the photo, he discovers that the stranger is the background of the husband confronting his wife and her lover. It’s a detective plot.
“Your Arkansas Traveler” by Budd Schulberg: In a strangely prophetic story, a musician becomes a regular on a radio show, sharing his stories, and eventually growing a devoted following. Using his newfound popularity, he becomes an “everyman politician,” with “common sense solutions” to the problems facing the USA. Meanwhile, it seems that this musician isn’t everything he appears to be.
Trump??
“It Had to be Murder” by Cornell Woolrich: An man with a broken leg takes up a new hobby of studying people, and discovers that a murder has taken place.
The basis for Hitchcock’s “The Rear Window.”
“The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke: Despite being the novel version of 2001: A Space Odyssey, this subdued story focusing strictly on the discovery of the artifact and fear over what that implies.
“Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss: In a world where population control is in full effect, a family discovers they are permitted to adopt a child. Meanwhile, their own child questions why his family is moving away from him.
The child is a robot, and the question of his crisis and feelings come into play during the final pages of this straddling revelation.
“The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick: In the future, three mutants predict all future crimes. One day, its aging creator John Anderton learns that he has been selected for “precrime” in a “minority report.”
In his effort to clear his name, he learns that in order to secure his legacy he has to commit the crime he’s been accused of, a crime that wouldn’t have occurred if it wasn’t predicted.
“Spurs” by Tod Robbins: In a small travelling circus in France, dwarf performer Jacques has fallen in love with the troupe's bareback rider, Jeanne Marie. He proposes marriage and she accepts after learning of a large inheritance. But a drunken insult results in Jacques tormenting her, showcasing how abuse and discrimination results in abuse.
“The Fly” by George Langelaan: A two part story reminiscent of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
In the first part, François Delambre talks to his sister-in-law Hélène to figure out why she killed her husband/his brother, and why a fly is so important. In the second part, Hélène reveals her husband's experiments, the failure of an experiment, his horrifying reveal, and his wish for death. In the end, François learns that the fly has been killed.
“Herbert West–Reanimator: Six Shots by Midnight” by H.P. Lovecraft: In a story reminiscent of “Frankenstein,” the narrator takes the place of Igor.
Here, the narrator and West try to reanimate a corpse, but fail. Afterwards, a child is murdered, and West kills the creation he has worked so hard to make.
“Stage to Lordsburg” by Ernest Haycox: A stagecoach takes a group of weary travelers across counties, but are intercepted by Native Americans. After a bloody gunfight, they arrive at their destination a little more world weary.
“A Man Called Horse” by Dorothy M. Johnson: A Boston aristocrat is captured by a Native American tribe. Initially enslaved, he later comes to respect his captors' culture, gains their respect, and marries his owner’s daughter. Taking the name Horse, he becomes a respected member of the tribe, but after the death of his wife and his owner, he stays with his owner’s mother until her death before returning.
It’s the white savior trope done right.
*“This is what it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” by Sherman Alexie: After the death of his father, Victor goes to collect his ashes. He enlists the help of Thomas-Builds-A Fire, and they get the ashes and return.
Their friendship is not rekindled, but the experience stays with them.
“The Harvey Pekar Name Story” by Harvey Pekar: A short comic strip where Harvey Pekar reveals his unique name and how it becomes less unique as he grows older.
“Hubba Hubba” by Daniel Clowes: A day in the life of two friends as they visit a diner, answer an ad in the paper asking for a girlfriend, laugh at the joke, and regret the reality.
“The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr: In the world of theater, a devoted fan reveals herself to be a stalker, intent on replacing an aging star.
“A Reputation” by Richard Connell: A man declares he will commit suicide on The Fourth of July, without actually meaning to, but becomes engrossed in his newfound fame and the fawning over his fans.
“Mr. Blandings Builds His Castle” by Eric Hodgins: A family goes in for some home renovations and are shocked at the realities of such a task.
“Cyclists’ Raid” by Frank Rooney: A group of bikers invade a town and set up shop. They are cordial by day, and drunk by night.
The head of a hotel deals with blame and loss of innocence.
“Tomorrow” by William Faulkner: A jury is hung by one man, who reveals he shouldn’t have been on the jury. The story is about how this juror adopted a child that was later taken from him, and this child grew up to be a murderer. He still loves him, despite what he has become.
“Bringing Up Baby” by Hagar Wilde: A comedic story about a young couple who find themselves not only taking care of a panther, but keeping it hidden when their wealthy aunt comes visiting.
“Babylon, Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald: The twenties are over, and the Great Depression is here. Despite kicking his drinking habit, a man is unable to reconcile with his daughter and run away from the demons of his past.
“The Swimmer” by John Cheever: A man swims through his neighbor's interconnected pools to his home, and misses life in the process.
“The Killers” by Ernest Hemingway: During Prohibition in the twenties, two hitmen, Max and Al, go to murder Ole Andreson, a Swedish ex-heavyweight prizefighter, for a “friend,” at a dinner run by George. When George doesn’t show up, the hitmen leave, and George sends for someone to warn Andreson, who has accepted his fate.
“The Basement Room” by Graham Greene: A young boy, left alone under the care of his housekeepers, wishes to wander outside and see the world beyond, but after opening the doors experiences the muddied waters of good and evil for the first time when he witnesses a servant he admires with a young girl. Soon, he fingers himself entangled in the twisted affair between a man he admires doing wrong and a woman he hates mentally deteriorating before his eyes.
It’s a story of firsts: first time seeing good and evil, first time seeing people aren’t what they appear to be, first time seeing death.
“Memento Mori” by Jonathan Nolan: A man unable to remember the previous ten minutes wakes up not knowing where he is—only knowing that his wife is dead. Every ten minutes, he learns his wife died, feels the pain of that loss, and learns he killed her rapist/murderer, over and over and over again. Pain is temporary, time is forever.
“My Friend Flicka” by Mary O’Hara: A young boy adopts a horse that everyone thinks is unable to be trained.
“Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid” by Jean Shepherd: A young boy wants a BB Gun only to grow more determined after being told he’ll “shoot his eye out.”
The basis for “A Christmas Story.”
“Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa” by W.P. Kinsella: When Rays hears a voice telling him to build a baseball field in the midst of his corn crop in order to give his hero a chance at redemption, he blindly follows instructions.
“In a Grove” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa: Multiple conflicts accounts over a murder. Everyone is lying, and the case doesn’t make sense no matter how you slice.
“The Lady with the Pet Dog” by Anton Chekhov: A man and woman both take a fancy to each other, despite both being married. They end the affair, but later meet up, uncertain about their futures.
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates: A young 15 year old girl gets a rapping on her door by a young Bob Dylan look alike named Arnold Friend, but while Dylan is a Messiah figure, Friend proves to be a more devilishly version. Using only his words, he coaxes her to come outside and into his web.
Based on the Dyland song: “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue.”
“Auggie Wren's Christmas Story” by Paul Auster: Auggie Wren runs a store where you can buy tobacco and magazines. One day a youth steals a few paperbacks and Augggie Wren runs after him. The young man loses his wallet and Auggie stops to pick it up. He looks in the wallet and finds the address of what turns out to be the grandmother of our young delinquent.
“Emergency” by Dennis Johnson: Fuckhead, a drug addict, works in a hospital with another drug addict, the seemingly simple minded George. Fuckhead believes that George, like him, is destined to screw up everything he touches. When a man comes in with a knife in his eye, the doctors are unsure as to how to remove it, but George does it without anyone noticing. When George kills a rabbit, Fuckhead takes care of its babies but ends up killing them because he forgot about them. When they find that their friend has become a Vietnam draft dodger, George says he saves lives.
Fuckhead realizes that he isn’t sure if George will screw up or not, and realizes that he and George are nothing alike: he is worse than George. It’s man vs self told simplistically and without melodrama. Very postmodern.
“Killings” by Andre Dubus: After the death of his son, Matt Fowler goes to kill Richard Strout, his son’s killer.
The story begins with Matt wanting to kill Richard only in self defense, to his defences breaking down slowly but surely. First it’s when his friend, Willis, says that he knew Richard as a child and he hasn’t changed, that he bartends at night, and will only do five years in prison. The second is when his wife, Ruth, gives him permission to kill him. The third is when Richard himself jumps bail. Fowler takes Richard, offering an escape. When it becomes clear he intends to murder him, Richard begs for his life, for his children’s, for his wife’s, saying that Matt’s son was having an affair with his wife, saying he beat his son as a warning but his son came back, saying he will go to jail for twenty years. Matt notes that in twenty years, Richard will be younger than Matt is now, and kills him.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 24, 2011
I was amazed by how the short story provides so much for a movie, without constricting it like a novel would. All of the 35 stories were interesting, if not great. This collection contains stories that were later revised into novels (ie Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa) as well as famous short stories themselves (ie The Killers). The preface to each section gave just the right amount of behind the scenes information on the adaptation itself, as well as how the film came out. I now want to see all these movies (well, some of them anyways).
“Jerry and Molly and Sam” by Raymond Carver - Short Cuts,1993
“Blow-Up” by Julio Cortazar - Blow-Up, 1966
“Your Arkansas Traveler” by Budd Schulberg - A Face in the Crowd, 1957
“It Had to be Murder” by Cornell Woolrich - Rear Window, 1954
“The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
“Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss - A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, 2001
“The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick - The Minority Report, 2002
“Spurs” by Tod Robbins - Freaks, 1932
“The Fly” by George Langelaan - The Fly, 1958 and 1986
“Herbert West–Reanimator: Six Shots by Midnight” by H.P. Lovecraft - Re-Animator, 1984
“Stage to Lordsburg” by Ernest Haycox - Stagecoach, 1939
“A Man Called Horse” by Dorothy M. Johnson - A Man Called Horse, 1970
“This is what it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” by Sherman Alexie - Smoke Signals, 1998
“The Harvey Pekar Name Story” by Harvey Pekar - American Splendor, 2003
“Hubba Hubba” by Daniel Clowes - Ghost World, 2001
“The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr - All About Eve, 1950
“A Reputation” by Richard Connell - Meet John Doe, 1941
“Mr. Blandings Builds His Castle” by Eric Hodgins -
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, 1948
“Cyclists’ Raid” by Frank Rooney - The Wild One, 1954
“Tomorrow” by William Faulkner - Tomorrow, 1953
“Bringing Up Baby” by Hagar Wilde - Bringing Up Baby, 1938
“Babylon, Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Last Time I Saw Paris, 1954
“The Swimmer” by John Cheever - The Swimmer, 1968
“The Killers” by Ernest Hemingway - The Killers, 1946
“The Basement Room” by Graham Greene - The Fallen Idol, 1948
“Memento Mori” by Jonathon Nolan - Memento, 2000
“My Friend Flicka” by Mary O’Hara - My Friend Flicka, 1943
“Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid” by Jean Shepherd - A Christmas Story, 1983
“Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa” by W.P. Kinsella - Field of Dreams, 1989
“In a Grove” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa - Rashomon, 1951
“The Lady with the Pet Dog” by Anton Chekhov - Dark Eyes, 1987
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates - Smooth Talk, 1985
“Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story” by Paul Auster - Smoke, 1995
“Emergency” by Denis Johnson - Jesus’ Son, 1999
“Killings” by Andre Dubus - In the Bedroom, 2001
“Jerry and Molly and Sam” by Raymond Carver - Short Cuts,1993
“Blow-Up” by Julio Cortazar - Blow-Up, 1966
“Your Arkansas Traveler” by Budd Schulberg - A Face in the Crowd, 1957
“It Had to be Murder” by Cornell Woolrich - Rear Window, 1954
“The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
“Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss - A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, 2001
“The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick - The Minority Report, 2002
“Spurs” by Tod Robbins - Freaks, 1932
“The Fly” by George Langelaan - The Fly, 1958 and 1986
“Herbert West–Reanimator: Six Shots by Midnight” by H.P. Lovecraft - Re-Animator, 1984
“Stage to Lordsburg” by Ernest Haycox - Stagecoach, 1939
“A Man Called Horse” by Dorothy M. Johnson - A Man Called Horse, 1970
“This is what it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” by Sherman Alexie - Smoke Signals, 1998
“The Harvey Pekar Name Story” by Harvey Pekar - American Splendor, 2003
“Hubba Hubba” by Daniel Clowes - Ghost World, 2001
“The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr - All About Eve, 1950
“A Reputation” by Richard Connell - Meet John Doe, 1941
“Mr. Blandings Builds His Castle” by Eric Hodgins -
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, 1948
“Cyclists’ Raid” by Frank Rooney - The Wild One, 1954
“Tomorrow” by William Faulkner - Tomorrow, 1953
“Bringing Up Baby” by Hagar Wilde - Bringing Up Baby, 1938
“Babylon, Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Last Time I Saw Paris, 1954
“The Swimmer” by John Cheever - The Swimmer, 1968
“The Killers” by Ernest Hemingway - The Killers, 1946
“The Basement Room” by Graham Greene - The Fallen Idol, 1948
“Memento Mori” by Jonathon Nolan - Memento, 2000
“My Friend Flicka” by Mary O’Hara - My Friend Flicka, 1943
“Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid” by Jean Shepherd - A Christmas Story, 1983
“Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa” by W.P. Kinsella - Field of Dreams, 1989
“In a Grove” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa - Rashomon, 1951
“The Lady with the Pet Dog” by Anton Chekhov - Dark Eyes, 1987
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates - Smooth Talk, 1985
“Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story” by Paul Auster - Smoke, 1995
“Emergency” by Denis Johnson - Jesus’ Son, 1999
“Killings” by Andre Dubus - In the Bedroom, 2001
January 18, 2014
4.5 stars. Amazing book. Great analysis. Interesting to ponder over what worked better - the film or the story - and how they differ.
“Jerry and Molly and Sam” by Raymond Carver - Short Cuts, 1993 - excellent but preferred film
“Blow-Up” by Julio Cortazar - Blow-Up, 1966
“Your Arkansas Traveler” by Budd Schulberg - A Face in the Crowd, 1957 - loved it.
“It Had to be Murder” by Cornell Woolrich - Rear Window, 1954 - Excellent
“The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968 - Didn't like it. Didn't like the movie either.
“Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss - A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, 2001 - Absolutely brilliant.
“The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick - The Minority Report, 2002 - Interesting.
“Spurs” by Tod Robbins - Freaks, 1932
“The Fly” by George Langelaan - The Fly, 1958 and 1986
“Herbert West–Reanimator: Six Shots by Midnight” by H.P. Lovecraft - Re-Animator, 1984
“Stage to Lordsburg” by Ernest Haycox - Stagecoach, 1939
“A Man Called Horse” by Dorothy M. Johnson - A Man Called Horse, 1970
“This is what it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” by Sherman Alexie - Smoke Signals, 1998
“The Harvey Pekar Name Story” by Harvey Pekar - American Splendor, 2003
“Hubba Hubba” by Daniel Clowes - Ghost World, 2001 - wonderful
“The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr - All About Eve, 1950 - Movie is better but still a great story
“A Reputation” by Richard Connell - Meet John Doe, 1941 - wonderful story
“Mr. Blandings Builds His Castle” by Eric Hodgins -
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, 1948
“Cyclists’ Raid” by Frank Rooney - The Wild One, 1954
“Tomorrow” by William Faulkner - Tomorrow, 1953
“Bringing Up Baby” by Hagar Wilde - Bringing Up Baby, 1938
“Babylon, Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Last Time I Saw Paris, 1954
“The Swimmer” by John Cheever - The Swimmer, 1968 - Great story
“The Killers” by Ernest Hemingway - The Killers, 1946
“The Basement Room” by Graham Greene - The Fallen Idol, 1948
“Memento Mori” by Jonathon Nolan - Memento, 2000 - Another great story. Film better though.
“My Friend Flicka” by Mary O’Hara - My Friend Flicka, 1943 - Excellent
“Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid” by Jean Shepherd - A Christmas Story, 1983 - Love his writing - so funny and fun
“Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa” by W.P. Kinsella - Field of Dreams, 1989
“In a Grove” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa - Rashomon, 1951 - Interesting, depressing
“The Lady with the Pet Dog” by Anton Chekhov - Dark Eyes, 1987
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates - Smooth Talk, 1985
“Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story” by Paul Auster - Smoke, 1995
“Emergency” by Denis Johnson - Jesus’ Son, 1999
“Killings” by Andre Dubus - In the Bedroom, 2001
“Jerry and Molly and Sam” by Raymond Carver - Short Cuts, 1993 - excellent but preferred film
“Blow-Up” by Julio Cortazar - Blow-Up, 1966
“Your Arkansas Traveler” by Budd Schulberg - A Face in the Crowd, 1957 - loved it.
“It Had to be Murder” by Cornell Woolrich - Rear Window, 1954 - Excellent
“The Sentinel” by Arthur C. Clarke - 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968 - Didn't like it. Didn't like the movie either.
“Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss - A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, 2001 - Absolutely brilliant.
“The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick - The Minority Report, 2002 - Interesting.
“Spurs” by Tod Robbins - Freaks, 1932
“The Fly” by George Langelaan - The Fly, 1958 and 1986
“Herbert West–Reanimator: Six Shots by Midnight” by H.P. Lovecraft - Re-Animator, 1984
“Stage to Lordsburg” by Ernest Haycox - Stagecoach, 1939
“A Man Called Horse” by Dorothy M. Johnson - A Man Called Horse, 1970
“This is what it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona” by Sherman Alexie - Smoke Signals, 1998
“The Harvey Pekar Name Story” by Harvey Pekar - American Splendor, 2003
“Hubba Hubba” by Daniel Clowes - Ghost World, 2001 - wonderful
“The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr - All About Eve, 1950 - Movie is better but still a great story
“A Reputation” by Richard Connell - Meet John Doe, 1941 - wonderful story
“Mr. Blandings Builds His Castle” by Eric Hodgins -
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, 1948
“Cyclists’ Raid” by Frank Rooney - The Wild One, 1954
“Tomorrow” by William Faulkner - Tomorrow, 1953
“Bringing Up Baby” by Hagar Wilde - Bringing Up Baby, 1938
“Babylon, Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Last Time I Saw Paris, 1954
“The Swimmer” by John Cheever - The Swimmer, 1968 - Great story
“The Killers” by Ernest Hemingway - The Killers, 1946
“The Basement Room” by Graham Greene - The Fallen Idol, 1948
“Memento Mori” by Jonathon Nolan - Memento, 2000 - Another great story. Film better though.
“My Friend Flicka” by Mary O’Hara - My Friend Flicka, 1943 - Excellent
“Red Ryder Nails the Hammond Kid” by Jean Shepherd - A Christmas Story, 1983 - Love his writing - so funny and fun
“Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa” by W.P. Kinsella - Field of Dreams, 1989
“In a Grove” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa - Rashomon, 1951 - Interesting, depressing
“The Lady with the Pet Dog” by Anton Chekhov - Dark Eyes, 1987
“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates - Smooth Talk, 1985
“Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story” by Paul Auster - Smoke, 1995
“Emergency” by Denis Johnson - Jesus’ Son, 1999
“Killings” by Andre Dubus - In the Bedroom, 2001
October 20, 2008
This book was a chance find at the Hollywood Regional Library and, what a find! A rare gem of a compilation with almost 100% originally compelling works that are only made more interesting through analysis alongside their adaptations.
The sections were thoughtfully and helpfully divided (I avoided the "Horror" section at bedtime!) and each section was introduced by a well-written, analytical (but approachable) essay regarding aspects of the stories.
My favorite part of this collection was definitely "It Had to be Murder" (later retitled "Rear Window"). I studied Hitchcock in college and I read a great deal about the director's infamous way with adaptations -- it was fascinating to see the inspiration for such a brilliant movie.
Definitely a great read, and a wonderfully appropriate first read in my new home in Hollywood.
The sections were thoughtfully and helpfully divided (I avoided the "Horror" section at bedtime!) and each section was introduced by a well-written, analytical (but approachable) essay regarding aspects of the stories.
My favorite part of this collection was definitely "It Had to be Murder" (later retitled "Rear Window"). I studied Hitchcock in college and I read a great deal about the director's infamous way with adaptations -- it was fascinating to see the inspiration for such a brilliant movie.
Definitely a great read, and a wonderfully appropriate first read in my new home in Hollywood.
December 9, 2022
As a visiting film professor so wisely told my class, "good films come from bad texts". I think he might have used mediocre instead of bad, but I digress.
This book was a miserable slog through 35 "great" (read: not so great) stories.
I would like to say-- I'm not a film buff. I read this book because I got it for free (this is not a slam on the book, just to explain I'm not the intended audience). I haven't seen a single of these movies (I honestly feel like I might not have seen 35 movies in my life...). If you're a film buff and super into these movies, this book can be interesting. However, the stories themselves are still bad, boring, or irritating. The merit truly seems to be for a film buff seeking source text trivia.
This book was a miserable slog through 35 "great" (read: not so great) stories.
I would like to say-- I'm not a film buff. I read this book because I got it for free (this is not a slam on the book, just to explain I'm not the intended audience). I haven't seen a single of these movies (I honestly feel like I might not have seen 35 movies in my life...). If you're a film buff and super into these movies, this book can be interesting. However, the stories themselves are still bad, boring, or irritating. The merit truly seems to be for a film buff seeking source text trivia.
January 22, 2016
This book was required reading for a college course. I'm happy to say that I loved it. Reading some of the short stories that inspired some of my favorite movies was great. Awesome collection and one college assignment I enjoyed completing.
March 22, 2017
Wasn't voluntary
December 25, 2021
This is a fine and wide ranging collection of short stories which were adapted to films. They are grouped by the editor in sets of 2 to 4, sometimes (but not always) by genre. Ms. Harrison provides an excellent introduction for each group providing information about the authors, the background of how the stories came to be filmed, details of the films and filmmakers, and so forth. The essays themselves would make an interesting short book on film adaptations. Then there are the stories: 35 good to excellent stories, by Carver, (Arthur C) Clark, Lovecraft, PK Dick, Cortazar, Faulkner, O. Wilde, Fitzgerald, Cheever, Hemingway, Greene, Chekhov, Oates, Auster, Dubus and more. The films include (NOT respectively to the above) 2001, Minority Report, Blow Up, The Swimmer, The Killers, The Fly, Christmas Story, American Splendor, Face in the Crowd, Memento, In the Bedroom. Highly recommended. My only regret is that streams of some of the films are not easy to find.
October 15, 2017
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. While it has taken me several months to finish this book, that is not due to the lack of enjoyment, but due to having to read this book for two different classes that were separated from one another by a few months. The short stories contained in this book surprised me because most of these movies were ones I knew of from watching them or I know of based on their popularity. Included in this book were two of my favorite stories, which were Minority Report and Memento. I never once knew, before reading these stories for class, that these movies first existed by way of short stories. I recommend this book for any person interested or a part of the writing industry, film buffs, and collectors of great written works. This was quite nicely put together and makes for a great read whether it be for educational purposes or for simple pleasure.
September 28, 2022
Reading the original short stories that inspired feature films proved more perplexing than expected. Many of the stories stood as anticipated, well crafted and engaging. That, however, didn't hold true for many of the stories, that read as flat or even boring. Granted, the quality of the movies made from the stories varies almost as much, though the match up between great story and great film isn't 1:1. The converse is also true, weak story, weak film, is also 1:1.
Highly recommended for film fans.
Highly recommended for film fans.
October 2, 2025
I've noticed that bad fiction makes for good movies (and vice-versa), and this holds true of the stories in this anthology, a collection of short stories that inspired well-regarded movies. Most of them are historical curiosities, of note only because they served as the starting point for a good movie. A case in point is "Rear Window." There is no comparison between this slight, journalistic story and the masterpiece of a movie that it inspired. The same goes for most of the entries here. Not recommended.
September 15, 2021
Really interesting book! There were a lot of these movies that I didn't know started with a short story, such as The Fly. I loved reading the story and seeing how far the movie took the idea. The author did a great job with the essays at the beginnings of the chapters, too. It was great to read what the authors and directors each had to say about their work.
July 23, 2022
Great book for all movie and book lovers who are curious for more and like to compare the two.
I would recommend reading a story and then watching a movie as a good time to spend an evening.
It is fun to see how many things were interpreted. It is a good selection and every genre has into for itself and then a few stories and there is no need to read it in any particular order.
4.2⭐
I would recommend reading a story and then watching a movie as a good time to spend an evening.
It is fun to see how many things were interpreted. It is a good selection and every genre has into for itself and then a few stories and there is no need to read it in any particular order.
4.2⭐
November 26, 2017
Interesting book. I skipped about 3 or 4 of the stories as I just didn't have any interest in them. I did read the behind the scenes on those (part of why I decided not to read them). I haven't seen most of the movies, but there are several that I want to check out now.
February 18, 2025
Highly enjoyable, on the whole. A great selection of stories, most of which I wouldn't have sought out otherwise. Now I have a few movies to watch or rewatch.
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September 24, 2012A strong collection that would be appreciated both by people who love short stories and those who love cinema. Each of the short stories in the collection was the inspiration for a movie - the book discusses how they were adapted for the screen and also (the best part for me) has the full text of each story.
The highlights for me were: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story (by Paul Auster), Babylon Revisited (by F. Scott Fitzgerald), The Basement Room (by Graham Greene), The Harvey Pekar Name Story (by Harvey Pekar and R. Crumb), Killings (by Andre Dubus), My Friend Flicka (by Mary O'Hara), A Reputation (by Richard Edward Connell), The Sentinel (by Arthur C. Clarke), The Swimmer (by John Cheever), Tomorrow (by William Faulkner), and Your Arkansas Traveler (by Budd Schulberg).
I write about these stories on my blog, here: http://thesilloftheworld.blogspot.com...
The highlights for me were: Auggie Wren's Christmas Story (by Paul Auster), Babylon Revisited (by F. Scott Fitzgerald), The Basement Room (by Graham Greene), The Harvey Pekar Name Story (by Harvey Pekar and R. Crumb), Killings (by Andre Dubus), My Friend Flicka (by Mary O'Hara), A Reputation (by Richard Edward Connell), The Sentinel (by Arthur C. Clarke), The Swimmer (by John Cheever), Tomorrow (by William Faulkner), and Your Arkansas Traveler (by Budd Schulberg).
I write about these stories on my blog, here: http://thesilloftheworld.blogspot.com...
June 24, 2015
A superb collection of shorts, perfect for a film nut like me. I had no idea that some of my favorite films were based on stories, and of those I did know, I'd read very few. I wish I'd bought this rather than getting it from a library, since it's definitely one to dip into casually rather than read straight through.
Of the many stories in the book, I think I'd pick out Memento, The Wisdom of Eve (All About Eve) and Mr Blandings Builds His Castle (Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House) as my favorites, partly, I admit, because I like the films. There were a few that I wasn't interested in, but on the whole this is a wide-ranging, well-chosen collection that spoke well to me and covered a good variety of both film and literature.
Highly recommended.
Of the many stories in the book, I think I'd pick out Memento, The Wisdom of Eve (All About Eve) and Mr Blandings Builds His Castle (Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House) as my favorites, partly, I admit, because I like the films. There were a few that I wasn't interested in, but on the whole this is a wide-ranging, well-chosen collection that spoke well to me and covered a good variety of both film and literature.
Highly recommended.
July 28, 2008
This book is a collection of short stories that were later adapted to movies. I admit, I am usually the one at the end of a movie saying, "That was NOTHING like the book. The book is so much better," and driving everyone (particularly my husband) crazy. That being said, I liked reading these stories and seeing how they changed and were expanded to make two hour films. I'll even admit that some of the films were better than the stories!
It includes the stories that were the basis for "A Christmas Story", "Rear Window" and "Minority Report" to name a few.
It includes the stories that were the basis for "A Christmas Story", "Rear Window" and "Minority Report" to name a few.
August 26, 2010
The quality of these stories is mostly fairly high. It becomes clear in the introductory material for each section how much a story really contributed to a film. Sometimes it provided only the most fundamental of starting places, as with Clarke's "The Sentinel" that got fleshed out into 2001: A Space Odyssey in collaboration with Kubrick-- after which Clarke wrote the novel. The story and the film only seem distantly related. Nolan's "Memento" anticipates the film (made by the author's brother) much more closely.
May 15, 2009
This was a really fun, entertaining collection--probably as entertaining as some of the movie adaptations themselves! Additionally, some of the included stories are so suspenseful, so gripping with just a few pages, that I don't think I'll ever forget them (the stories that inspired 2001: A Space Odyssey, Smooth Talk, and In the Bedroom immediately come to mind). Both biblio- and cinephiles will enjoy this one.
February 10, 2011
An interesting mix. Some were old favorites ("Babylon Revisited"); others I didn't realize had been short stories before they were made into films, like the inspirations for "Memento" and "All About Eve." Some of the slighter stories made great movies, like "Bringing Up Baby," while the best stories seem to have been problematic to adapt (i.e. "The Swimmer," though I haven't seen the film). A fun collection--though I admit to skipping some, esp. in the "Westerns" section.
February 17, 2009
Didn't read all the stories but quite a few. Fun to see the film as well as reading the story. It is interesting to compare the written word with what the director of the film chooses to highlight in a different medium.
November 18, 2008
This was a textbook for my son's film studies class at Whatcom Community College. It gathered the original short stories that became films such as The Wild One, Bringing Up Baby, Rear Window, The Fly, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Field Of Dreams, Smoke Signals and a bunch more.
June 14, 2011
I'll admit to buying this to read the memento and minority repot stories. I enjoy the extra details about conversion to the big screen but many of the movies I had not yet seen. My plan, as with Harry Potter, is to see the movie first then read the stories.
May 25, 2014
This is a thoughtful collection of short stories that were eventually adapted into films that are then accompanied by write-ups of the history of those adaptations. Particularly unique is the book's mission to include stories from a variety of genres.
January 23, 2025
A fascinating look at the stories that were turned into films.
Some of the source material was treated with respect and adhered to, other stories barely resemble the films they inspired.
A fun read for any fan of short fiction and film.
Some of the source material was treated with respect and adhered to, other stories barely resemble the films they inspired.
A fun read for any fan of short fiction and film.
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