[HPFGU-Movie] Cuaron talks about movie cuts

[Barbara D. Poland-Waters]

>>>From: Annalisa Moretti [mailto:grianne2 at yahoo.com]

AC: Yeah. What she said is she didn't want it to be literal. She
said be faithful to the spirit of the book, but don't be literal.
. . .

AC: Well, yeah, what happened is that you have to discriminate a lot
when you are doing an adaptation. And we decided to just adapt
everything that was relevant to the theme of a kid growing into a
teenager. And pretty much we had to leave everything else, whatever
didn't stick to that theme, we had to let it go. And that was one of
those things. And yes, I know, it's setting up for the fourth one,
but in the fourth one they are taking elements of the third to do
the set up for the fourth.<<<

Here's what I don't get. . .what is the point of sticking to the "theme"
when the books are so much more than that? There's a whole storyline and
intricate plot that JKR created. That's what I missed in the movie the most.
Being faithful to the spirit of the book just wasn't enough for me, I wanted
the story told the way it's told in the book. This was more than just the
story of a kid growing up. . .maybe that's the underlying message or
whatever, but does that mean you should throw away the details that made the
POA story so complicated and wonderful to read?

Barbara
bd-bear