Adaptation (was smile)

[David]

Rachel:

> And for all you purists who have seen (are going to see) 
> the movie, what exactly were you wanting to see?  Has there 
> ever been a true Hollywood adaption of a book?  

Is this a meaningful question?  True to the spirit, yes.  But I think 
true to the letter is an impossibility.  If, for example, a book has 
two people talking in a room, then the camera must show the room.  If 
the book does not mention the colour of the walls, how is the camera 
to remain true?

David, who never notices the soundtracks of movies