Movies are not Books (very slight PoA movie spoilers towards end)

[Paula Gaon]

6June04

 eloiseherisson at a...  wrote:



"... What makes a good book doesn't necessarily make a good film. A film which is slavishly true to the book on which it is based, unless the original is very cinematic to begin with, will likely be poor cinema...."

Paula now:

Humm, don't know how many on the list are old enough to remember Marshall McCluen (sp?) of the early seventies: "The medium is the message."  Who would have dreamed during the days of Flower Power that these words would ring so true?!  I for one am still amazed at all the activity and discussion that just us on the list can generate thanks to the PC.  Boggles the mind--now that's MAGIC!

Musings of an aging Babyboomer,

~Paula Gaon





See the Magical Creatures.

http://www.cafeshops.com/bft/311142

They are all together now.

    "...Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning."













		
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