Geoff Moseley
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88
(Freshman)
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Adapting Short Stories & Magazine Articles into Compelling Feature Films
8 years ago
Dude, if you're going to share a film, make sure it's worth sharing. That's 15 minutes of my life I'm never getting back.
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Adapting Short Stories & Magazine Articles into Compelling Feature Films
8 years ago
Absolutely right. And not just short stories, but newspaper and magazine articles. Even "Agony Aunt" columns.
I attempted to adapt a 450 page action thriller to 100 minutes of film, but when I got to 100 pages I wasn't even half way through the book. I considered dropping one of the threads - and one of the main characters - when I realised a 7 part series was the way to go (the book was set over 7 days). That meant I had to put back a whole lot of stuff I'd cut out.
Zero Dark Thirty was a dreadful telemovie - or extended CSI - that had no place in the cinema. Blatant propaganda based on a lie:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v37/n10/seymour-m-hersh/the-killing-of-osama-bin-laden
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