In the exodus from a cinema showing a new adaptation of a much-loved book, you are bound to hear the words: “Eh, the book was better.” But are there moving pictures that can move us as much as the books they’re based on? Join Seamus and Blake as they discuss some of those rare gems, great film adaptations.
Some of the books, films and happenings touched upon in this episode include:
- Margaret Atwood
- "The French Dispatch"
- "The Plague" by Albert Camus
- "Sense & Sensibility" by Jane Austen, adapted by Emma Thompson
- "The Lord of the Rings" - Trilogy adapted by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Stephen Sinclair
- "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess, adapted by Stanley Kubrick
- "Forrest Gump" by Winston Groom, adapted by Eric R. Roth
- "No Country for Old Men" by Cormac McCarthy, adapted by Joel and Ethan Coen
- "Awakenings" by Oliver Sacks, adapted by Steven Zaillian
- "Adaptation" by Charlie Kaufman
- "Ordinary Beast" - Nicole Sealey
- "Wind, Sand and Stars" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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