Which books would you like to see adapted to film?
The Stranger or Journey to the End of the Night would be nice, I think.
Why do people want to see movie adaptations to begin with? What could it possibly add?
I understand if the movie departs from the source material to do something really different, like some do. But if the idea is just to capture the essence of the book.. why not just read the book.
>>7665742
It's just another way to experience something nice, kind of like looking at both a painting and a photograph of the same subject or listening to a poem being recited and reading it.
>>7665742
I guess some books can make a lot of money as movies
Like Jurassic Park.
Also capturing the essence of a book sounds like a hard task for a director. Would earn them braggin rights
>>7665742
The Godfather did a much better job than the book did
>>7665742
because movies can be about how other people read the book
>>7665733
Only if they adapt that one specific version.
>>7665776
*Godfather movie
>>7665742
Borges said that there are books that born to be movies or theatre plays. He even tried to make one, but failed.
>>7665876
million times yes
>>7665876
I imagine the quijote as a white man with a long nose, not as someone like del toro
>>7665895
that's nice dear
>Orson Welles will never write, direct, and star in a biopic of William Shakespeare
>>7665897
Nigger
>>7665908
We will never watch Orson playing Shakes playing Iago, or hosting a Ben Jonson play. Feels bad.
>>7665733
Honestly, Stoner would make a great film—though thoroughly sad.
>>7665895
>spanish
>white
1984 by Gilliam, oh wait
the metamorphosis
>>7665941
The Metamorphosis starring Mehmet Emin Toprak.
Harry Potter HBO series
>>7665742
What everyone else said, and also the fact that the movie expands upon and helps to popularize the ideas set forth by the original, hopeful, hopefully well-intended message of a given film and that, more importantly, the overall message, if legitimate—meaning well intended by both director and writer—be not only true and accurate to the original work, but an expansion into fresh space, virgin and vacuous.
>>7665949
Is it worth worthing?
War & War, by laszlow krasznahorkai- but directed by the coen brothers (instead of, say, ingmar bergman)
I would laugh and cry
what we talk about when we talk about love
:)
Master and Margarita, directed by Tarantino
please
Best movie comin through
>>7666040
>directed by Tarantino
why would you wish this fate upon anything?
>>7666065
He would make a nice Blood Meridian
A trilogy with each film having a length of about 3 hours.
The first film will end at the part where Ahab is introduced. This film will be 3 hours and 30 minutes long.
The second part is the middle of the book. This film will be almost four hours long, with an interlude.
And then the third film will start just before they find Moby Dick, replaying a little bit of the end of the second film. This film will be 2 and a half - 3 hours long.
The three films will take note of every last detail in the book.
Queequeg cannot be played by a white, needs to be as close to wherever he's from in the book as possible, whilst being a great actor.
Each film will have a budget of up to $500 million to ensure that the sets and things are perfect.
There will be almost no CGI, just for the whale, some chapters that go into anatomy of whales, and maybe the sea. A to-scale ship will be built for the film.
The film will be shot with IMAX cameras.
There will be a three year gap between the first two films, and a four year gap between the second and third.
If I were a multi-billionaire, I'd pay whatever is needed to get this trilogy made.
>Polanksi, a man who ran from justice and is living in luxury, understanding anything about what crime and punishment is about
>a porn star understanding anything about playing a religious woman living in poverty who has to prostitute herself to feed her mom and sister, and feels like shit for it, but finds strength in another sinner through repentance
>>7666071
Are you stoned?
>it's violent, so Tarantino would do a good job!
No, the Coen Brothers might, judging by True Grit and No Country for Old Men. Tarantino, apart from Reservoir Dogs, only produces intentional b-movies.
Hey, OP, why not cast Rick Gervais as Alyosha while you're at it?
>>7666252
I don't know about Ishmael but otherwise it's great
>>7666365
What about Paul?
>>7666373
Best to cast an unknown.
Could you fucking imagine it?
>>7666391
How the hell would Dano make a good Kid? The Kid is worn and been through a lot, you would be able to recognize him on the street as a hard and weather-beaten man.
Paul Dano is more suited to someone like Alyosha.
>>7666405
Well first and foremost, he's one of the few talented actors who could pass as a mature-looking 15/16 year old
But it would also totally work if the movie utilized the same method as the book and kept the Kid off-screen during the raidings or ambushes, only implying that he's there. You wouldn't even need very good acting skills to pass as the Kid, he's basically a brick wall. Dano is talented enough to bring finesse to it, I think
>>7666365
who would be the qt princess irulan?
>>7666418
>You wouldn't even need very good acting skills to pass as the Kid, he's basically a brick wall.
Then get someone who at least looks the part. Get a gang member or something
I can barely name that many indian actors but I tried
Anderson directs, chained to Von Trier who is having a psychotic episode and has a loaded gun on his person. Anderson's masterful quirky humour, kept in check by an unhinged Von Trier (to make sure there's a grimdark undertone and shit doesnt get to cutesy).
I always thought Radcliffe would be great in the role of some pissed off secretary / janitor / groundskeeper. There's something tragically impotent about his appearance and demeanour. He's also overly polite, probably well-educated and strikes me at someone who might have control issues and occasionally lashes out. Obviously he'd have to be older.
Dunst is just fucking hot no matter her age. Ofc it'd have to be a young Dunst.
>>7666542
I'd watch this.
>>7665733
>Sasha Grey as Sonya
FUCK YOU
>>7666582
Why not
>>7665876
that would be FUCKing great
>>7666583
The entire point of Sonya is despite being born into a shit life, and being forced into sinful occupation by her degenerate father, she is still able to redeem the louse that is Raskolnikov out of the goodness of her heart.
So casting a woman known for taking dick up the ass is a bit of an insult I think.
>>7665876
Who's the bottom right guy
>>7666591
>he isn't up-to-date on Sasha having been forced into her sinful occupation by her degenerate abusive boyfriend
>>7666591
How could you possibly be using her character as a human being against casting her in a fucking movie role?
I'm not suggesting you be cast as Don Juan. Maybe Dosty is sacred to you in some way.
Books like Crime and Punishment or Journey to the End of the Night could not be made original to it's source, as they are to big in scale.
The Stranger could definitely be done.
>>7666006
Underrated
>>7666148
Actually like the choices for the two leads
>>7666526
i really laughed heartfully, thx man
>>7666609
Do you not understand that actors have to assume the role and put themselves in the heads of the characters they play? How the heck could she do that with Sonya? What makes you think she possibly could?
I also have no reason to think Polanksi could wrap his head around the major theme of the work. He might get some things, but he would not get this, he could not comprehend it, it would be like asking someone who's autistic to direct a movie about flirting.
>>7666623
>Her acting credentials are literally nothing but pornography
Literally not true. She has had big roles in several normal movies/
I'd love a film adaptation of A Confederacy of Dunces.
Not sure who should direct it, though.
I could also do with more Kobo Abe, Philip K. Dick and Kurt Vonnegut adaptations
>>7666643
>>7666391
The judge has to be Woody Harrelson.
Has to has to has to. There is no question on this fact. It is Woody. Don't fuck with me on this one.
>>7666641
How are those acting credentials?
>>7666252
I'd watch this desu.
>>7666612
>Journey to the End of the Night could not be made original to it's source
>too big in scale
What about as an HBO/French equivalent of HBO tv series?
>>7666666
Nice digits my anonymous friend.
>>7666666
Nice numbers lad
>>7666666
fuck off satan, you are not ruining another great book
>>7665733
It is specifically mentioned in the book that Raskolnikov is quite a handsome young man. Not sure Paul Dano would be a great choice. Sasha grey as Sonya is ok, as long as they don't make her too pretty with make-up etc. That weird eye is a good touch.
Peter Watts's Blindisght
Director: Shane Carruth
Siri Keeton: Shane Carruth
Jukka Sarasti: emaciated Tom Hiddleston would be nice
Any other character I don't know, not much of an actor kind of person myself.
>>7666790
Pic related is optimal for Sonya. She's the perfect age now and True Grit shows she can believably play a very religious character.
Travesty by John Hawkes could be done as a low budget indie film. It's just a guy driving fast at night while talking at his two unwilling passengers.
>>7666044
Ayyyyy lmao
>>7666657
That's a very very good call
But then again, he doesn't have the PURE MASS that Hardy can have
>>7666010
coen bros are a great choice, and it'd be interesting to see someone who isn't bela tarr adapt him
>>7666790
>It is specifically mentioned in the book that Raskolnikov is quite a handsome young man. Not sure Paul Dano would be a great choice
rude
Of Human Bondage by Wong Kar Wai please
Animal Farm by Wes Anderson
Voices form Chernobyl by Michel Haneke
>>7667613
Doesn't have the tits for Rachel
>>7667613
I like this idea a lot. Jarmusch is a good choice but how about PTA again? He was great with IV.
I've seen a fragment of an English adaptation of Crime and Punishment. Hearing Raskolnikov with a cockney accent was like a fucking nightmare.
>>7667993
How could you even do a Constance Garnett adaption without the cockney accents though
>>7668367
Ghost Chapman would, of course, be funniest one.
>>7666806
I always imagined Sonya as a thin faced Russian looking blonde girl though
>>7668367
>python
>>7668367
this would be literally impossible.
>>7666790
she might seem a little too innocent for Sonya if anything
>>7668385
in what way? pretty much all of these are impossible
>>7665733
>>7668393
Chapman's dead.
>>7668402
its supposed to be 60s era, not modern day
>>7668410
Then the book wouldn't have been published.
>>7668393
GR film adaption is impossible
>>7668412
just imagine that anything is possible and a 60s era pynchon made an adaption of GR
:^)
what is up with everyone doing lolita
>>7668458
>some gay anime and Hayao Miyazaki
>Aphex Twin and Brian Eno
Your taste confuses me. One half of it is great, the other half is shit
>>7666252
>DON'T LET YOUR FISH BE FISH
>>7668481
>Aphex Twin and Brian Eno
>great taste
They're fine musicians but it's entry level
>>7668481
I was kind of joking.
Hence the ":^)"
This would be an awesome 30 part HBO series.... Only three seasons and they could actually finish it. (Everyone knows GRRM will be dead before ASOIAF is finished) in fact they could probably finish this before GOT 7 Comes out.
Anyway as to casting I really don't know. I would prefer unknowns.
>>7668502
>but it's entry level
What kind of a criticism is that? Do you criticise Homer for being entry level too? Go back to /mu/ with this gay shit.
Also, Aphex was in the shitty part of his taste and Eno in the good part.
>>7668511
It's ok, I was joking too. I've actually listened to like two AT and Eno albums and don't know shit about music theory. So, really, my music opinions are shitposts.
>tfw sketches from a hunters album will never be a movie
>>7665733
Thus spoke Zarathustra
>>7668864
>Zarathustra
WHO would play him? Who would direct the film, fampai?
>>7665876
>Not El Cid
Normie taste
>>7666526
Jai Paul!! Seriously though, don't distract him from his new album
>danny devito as mario
i just read the physical description of mario in the book, lost my shit at your post
>>7666666
6 6's
Are you the devil?
>>7668981
The devil is everywhere.
>>7669001
edgy
>>7669117
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo3YQRV0t9E
>>7669130
oops, I missed the reference. my bad
>>7667613
Would pay for ticket, buy blu-ray and furiously masturbate to Mirren
>>7668389
Sonya is a shy cutie, who was forced by circumstances to abandon her innocence. She did not fully embrace the perversion though and it pained her to be a hooker. Deep inside, she still had a little bit of an innocent child in her. It's this mix of innocence and perversion that makes her interesting.
If Sasha Grey did her best to play an innocent girl, she might bring the same mix (though obviously in reverse) to the table just by virtue of her reputation.
>>7665733
https://letterboxd.com/film/the-stranger-1967/
Stranger was already filmed by Visconti in 1967.
>>7666666
Celine himself already approached filmmakers in Hollywood back in the day, but they all rejected him due to the scale.
>>7670041
That was before tv series became a serious medium for storytelling.
Greetings from Sweden.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Glas
>>7666542
Lulzita
>>7666666
Wew
>>7670738
are OSP's a thing?
>>7670753
Of course, just like they have Designated Cocaine and Heroin Stations. How else is the cast going to unwind after a hard day of shooting?
>>7670738
who is that guy and what other movies does he direct?
>>7670798
Michael Bay.
100 Years of Solitude. Eddie Murphy plays every character in the family.
>>7670820
isn't he from the early 2000s? you are showing your age
>>7670820
THIS.
>>7670838
I know his name I just didn't know what he looks like.
>>7666044
Kek'd at Poor Tony
>>7666313
Fucking THIS, Coen Brothers are based.
>>7666044
>NR Wayne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp_O3liJpu8
>>7665876
Good fucking luck. Not even Terry Gilliam could make Quixote into a film for contemporary tastes.
>>7666647
John C. Reilly is criminally underrated, king of comedy improv in film too.
Lolita again.
IDKW but I just think Mathew Perry as Humbert Humbert could be great.
Could I be any more attracted to Nymphets!?
>>7666006
Genius
>the picture of Dorian gray
>Wes Anderson
> heath ledger as Dorian
>>7666591
But that´s the joke lol
None. It's always ruined and I'd rather just read the book.
>>7665733
Pic related is clearly bait, but still.
Posting it until it gets made.Probably not until Harlan Ellison is dead
>>7665941
Haneke did a good job with The Castle, he should direct this too.
>>7666302
I don't think you got OPs joke there anon.
>>7666582
Fuck me? No, no, no, fuck you my friend.
I also vote for Sasha.
>>7668367
It could work if it ends up like something resembling Brazil. Everybody knows Terry Gilliam has run out of good ideas for a while now, though.
>>7670790
You baka gaijin.
Blue of Noon directed by Gaspar Noe.
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea directed by Tetsuya Nakashima.
Would The World as Will and Representation work as a movie?
>>7666647
Terry Gilliam is too fucking surreal, we need someone with sincerity
>>7668565
Daniel Day Lewis?
>>7666148
Laydu is dead.
Also Sunny Leone is not leaving Bollywood for the next 10 years. I know that for a fact. I've 'worked' with her.
>>7666391
I'd pay thru my nose for this
>>7675342
aki kaurismaki or wes anderson
>>7675448
>I've 'worked' with her.
d-doing what?
>>7675476
Assistant Director in a 'film' she did. I handled her costumes. She's hotter than the core of mother earth and she smells like roses all the time.
>>7668525
>aphex
>shitty
having now read the rest of your post i can see i've jumped the gun, but you're still wrong. saw2 is a masterpiece, eno's stuff is 2functional4me
The only true Sonya is Julie Delpy.
>>7675517
Way too old senpai
>>7675498
Did you get to kiss her?
>>7666365
>nolan
no
>>7675499
Well, Aphex's SAW2 mostly bored me, while No Pussyfooting was quite interesting and beautiful...
>>7675927
Sluts don't kiss, anon; like Charlie don't surf.
>>7668518
>genre trash
>>>/out/
>>>/r/fantasy
>>7675203
No.
>>7675430
Well, if there's only one person in the world who can't fuck up that character it sure is him.
>>7675541
True. Also too conventionally beautiful. Sonya wasn't supposed to be like that, just a somewhat cute and meek ordinary girl.
>>7666044
Topcake
>>7666526
I'd be laughing before the film even started.
>>7672827
jesus christ this man is fucking horrible
>>7666391
I want Michael Jordan cast as Judge Holden
>>7675448
>Laydu is dead
This is supposed to be a fantasy movie thing anyway. it's not like any of these are that realistic
>>7666044
Danny Devito as Mario is gold
>>7665876
>>7673165
I make these sometimes so I can keep track of characters when I'm reading plays with a large cast
here's one I did for "The Servant of Two Masters"
>>7677006
>le quirky pirate guy
Come on
>>7677006
Johnny Depp is not a good actor. He is the quintessential meme actor. His only decent roles are in films where he was carried by actual good actors (like DiCaprio in Gilbert Grape). Everything else is a costume and a gimmick.
Template, senpai
>>7677010
That's not a bad idea actually
>>7677071
I never said that. Him being a bad actor is why he isn't a good actor.
He has yet to prove that he is great.
>>7665733
This, 2bh
>>7677033
He was good in deadman, and fear and loathing, tbqh
>>7677123
>Sancho Panza would only have appeared very early on in the film, before being replaced by Toby Grisoni, a 21st-century marketing executive thrown back through time.
"no"
>>7677131
ehh. He was doing a very good Thompson impression but is that really great acting? I mean it wasn't a bad performance, I just don't think he's earned the right to be called a good/great actor.
pls no bully
>>7665733
The Stand by Stephen King is my favorite book and is apparently being adapted to a miniseries and a movie but might be in production hell, I don't actually know. Anyway...
Stu: Matthew McConaughey
Randall Flagg: Christain Bale
Frannie: Jennifer Lawrence - or any female actor in that age range
Nick Andros: Maybe a young JGL, but he's getting up there. I've heard the kid from Whiplash is good
Larry Underwood: A young RDJ
Tom Cullen: ?
Glen Bateman: Tom Hanks
Susan Stern: Amy Adams
Nadine:?
Lloyd: Adam Driver
Trashcan Man: ?
>>7677197
Charlie Day as trashcan man and Danny DeVito as the Elvis guy he meets on the road
>>7677201
>Charlie being the trashman and not Danny
