From Novel to Film: A Collaborative Conversation
2016; Volume: 43; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.21061/alan.v43i3.a.1
ISSN1547-741X
AutoresJames Dashner, Marie Lu, Patricia McCormick,
Tópico(s)Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
ResumoDid you have any reservations, and if so, what were they? Did the process itself change your initial perceptions?James: Having been a movie buff my entire life, this whole movie experience has definitely been the highlight of my career.I knew enough to have many reservations-wondering if it would actu ally happen, worry over the final product, stress over its potential for success-but mostly I just felt excitement.A movie?Based on something I wrote?It seemed too good to be true.I've been very fortu nate to have such a positive experience and to be so pleased with the movies themselves.If anything, the process has taught me that you have to start with the right people-people who love storytelling and understand the differences between book and film.Marie: For Legend, it was my first experience having any sort of contact at all with the film industry, so I remember being nothing but a ball of excitement and bewilderment.I didn't know enough to have any kind of reservations.I was just shocked that selling film rights was a thing that could happen to me.For The Young Elites, I knew I wanted to work with someone who understood the story's cornerstones-that it was about a girl's journey to darkness, that it was a villain's story, that it was dark.This concerned me, because I thought
Referência(s)