Word: novelizations
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...writes Robbie Turner, a British soldier fighting in World War II, to Cecilia Tallis, his beloved. He refers to their love story, which both the war and Cecilia’s sister, Briony, interrupt. Director Joe Wright adopts a similar philosophy by choosing Ian McEwan’s bestselling novel “Atonement” for film adaptation: The story can resume—even if the change in medium makes it lose some of its power. The film stays close to the novel that inspired it, as in Wright’s last film adaptation, Oscar-nominated...
...fellow English concentrator) disdainfully referred to Wright’s interpretation as “Brontë-esque.” Though we expressed it differently, we all had the same essential problem with the film—it just didn’t feel like the book. With novels like “Pride and Prejudice,” that are returned to again and again, the imagined world becomes increasingly concrete with each reading. Enduring Wright’s emotional crescendos and Knightley’s excessive giggling was the equivalent of a siege on the city...
...anecdotes that resemble the parables Gomes describes as “Jesus’ most effective teaching instruments.” These may have worked well for Jesus, but then again, his audience was generally uneducated.Gomes’s message is not revolutionary, nor is it particularly novel, as the author acknowledges himself, but it comes at a time when it is necessary: the increase in the prominence of fundamentalist faiths over the last decades alone makes Gomes’s book relevant. Gomes is right in his diagnosis of the church’s ailment as religion...
...viewing of a film to create a more complete sensory experience. Brattle Film Foundation Creative Director Ned R. Hinkle and Boston Children’s Museum Community Program Coordinator Megan L. Dickers collaborated to bring the event to the Brattle.Hinkle says he hopes their approach will provide a novel twist to a well loved film.“A lot of people have done sing-along shows and things like that,” says Hinkle. “But this is sort of a really interesting way to utilize a different sense, obviously, in conjunction with the film...
...Skating is a novel experience for most of those venturing onto the ice, and teams of white-helmeted city workers are constantly rushing to help citizens who've fallen on their faces...