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Scott Andrew Hutchins <[log in to unmask]>
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I seriously doubt there is any such thing as un unfilmable novel, but nearly
unfilmable, mainly...

Nik Carlson wrote:

> As I understand it, David Cronenberg's version of Naked Lunch
> incorporates numerous components from various different Burrough
> novels. IMHO Certainly an interesting effort to confront the
> challenges of creating a narrative to film a (nearly) unfilmable
> novel.
>
> >Chris Ames requests:
> >
> >>I'm wondering if anyone out
> >> there can think of other films made from multiple short stories woven
> >> together. I know there are some films of Poe stories that divcide a feature
> >> film into three segments, but I'm thinking more of Altman's particular
> >> approach of using several stories by the same writer as the source for a
> >> screenplay. I'm not interested here in films that are made from a single
> > > short story, of which, of course, there are many. Thanks for your help,
> --
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