i was surprised by how much i liked that film-- i loved the
darkness and grime of it. i prefer it to the book, but then i
just don't like stark that much....
martha
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>From:
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>Behalf Of Brian Thornton
>Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 2:50 PM
>To:
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>Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Movies Better Than
Books
>
>
>Does anyone here think that Mel Gibson's "Payback"
was better than the
>novel on which it was based ("The Hunter", by Richard
Stark)? I liked the
>movie, but preferred Stark's writing. Anyone
else?
>
>Brian
>
>At 01:02 PM 5/17/02 +0200, you wrote:
>>BULLITT is certainly better than MUTE WITNESS
by
>>Robert Pike. I found Pike's novel to be a bit
like
>>a 87th Precinct novel if Ed McBain hadn't been
any
>>good.
>>
>>Also, Robert Aldrich's KISS ME DEADLY is far
superior
>>to Spillane's very boring novel.
>>
>>I also find Henri-Georges Clouzot's LES
DIABOLIQUES
>>to be better than the Boileau&Narcejac novel.
Not
>>that it's a bad book, but the movie *is* one of
the
>>absolute greats. This certainly does not hold
for
>>the recent remake, though.
>>
>>Btw, the remake of THE DESPERATE HOURS must be
one of
>>the very worst adaptions of a good novel in the
history
>>of moving pictures.
>>
>>/ Anders
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