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...Greene??s sparsely-worded novels befit a particularly easy conversion to film—almost too easy. “Part of the attraction of translating fiction to the screen is the fact that it is all there,” Wood says. “I think that actually creates a problem because a movie is a director’s vehicle. You find that a [more suitable] novel will give the director license to do [what he creatively innovates...
Wood went on to more specifically pinpoint the difficulties of translating Greene??s work to film. “Greene??s work as film presents a problem because he is a very visual writer,” he says. “And I think it some cases, directors err because they adhere too closely to the text itself. I felt that about The Quiet American...
...Graham Greene??s case, it seemed that only the artist himself should be trusted to paint his self-portrait...
...result of his entertainment novels and popular readership, Greene??s well-known love of traveling to seek out the world’s victims degenerated to a process that was simply performed to keep pace with his growing reputation. He was now expected to go on these political trips...
Greene relished the opportunity to champion the victim’s voice. In fact, Greene??s penchant for taking up the cross of the troubled more than once earned the ire of critics. But for someone who so frequently stirred the pot of conventions, Greene was sensitive to critics’ barbs...