Nice. I would like Corelli’s Mandolin to be remade. The book is lush and epic the movie has Nicholas Cage.
Also, although it might be impossible an adaptation of the Wind Up Bird Chronicles would make my decade.
No, Jake, the estate will honor JDS’s life-long aversion to film adaptations of his work. We might, though, see some of the writing JDS was doing holed-up in Cornish, NH, all those years.
What would I like to see? A surrealist fantasia that does justice to the acrobatics at work in Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday.
Why would you want to see Catcher in the Rye? Genuine curiosity here.
@Z.BART well letters have been found that state he was interested in giving the rights of the film to his family and he would be happy not knowing the result of the film. There are two big reasons why he didn’t want a film: The poorly done adaptation of Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut and the fear that it would cause more chaos (suicides and assassinations).
@MALIK I just think the character Holden Caulfield would be so interested to see in the flesh. It’s such an interesting adventure through adolescence to adult-hood, I think that it would just translate well. Wes Anderson has clearly been inspired by the ideas behind Catcher In the Rye and has made some fine films, but his stories could always be stronger. Catcher In the Rye not only has strong humorous characters, but an intriguing and inspiring story with great atmosphere.
@MACHIKO KYO I could really see WInd Up Birds being an anime. I have never seen nor read Mandolin, but I will keep my eye on it and send you a message as to what I think once I’m done.
I do remember reading an interview from long ago with Winona Ryder whose favorite book is “The Catcher in the Rye” saying that she would “bomb the set” if they were to set out with a film adaptation. XD
Not before she steals as many things from the set as she can get her hands on.
@Z.BART Who would you have directing “The Man Who Was Thursday”? I am very impressed with your choice; I totally agree, but I see it as more of a psychological thriller with fragments of surrealism throughout. Good choice.
Fantasy novels. Adventure novels.
They could make a pretty good Slaughterhouse Five movie now.
Book of the New Sun might not work as a film, but it’d make a good TV miniseries.
@ JAKE CRUICKSHANK
Steal them and set them on fire maybe, never underestimate a Scorpio. But nevermind that, this thread isn’t about Ryder.
Jake, it’s a fantastic book (subtitled “A Nightmare”) with a kind of diabolical clowning at its heart. I’d rather see it a riotous romp than “a psychological thriller.” It’s not that interested in conventional psychology. In my dream-world, Joe Orton would write the script for Luis Bunuel to direct. Maybe their ghosts can negotiate a good deal.
In another thread, I must have already made mention how intriguing it would be to know that an inspired team of scriptwriters, director and well-cast actors were working on an adaptation of Katherine Dunn’s novel, “Geek Love”.
Has anyone else read this book? It left me astounded.
The Decameron
Paradise Lost
Nostromo
Conversation in the Cathedral
The Book of the City of Ladies
Patiently waiting for and understanding of how difficult the following would be to translate:
The Silmarillion
A Confederacy of Dunces
Drop City
2666: A Novel
S. by John Updike
House of Leaves
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
and ANYTHING by Mishima or Kobo Abe.
I for one wouldn’t mind seeing Catcher done properly…I’m trying to figure out who could pull it off……
@Z.BART Well you chose a huge surrealist to direct. I would have went with Hitchcock to direct, I could see the film being a lot like Vertigo with a constantly twisting plot. I really do admire your choice though.
@ REDLETTERPRINTS How could you possibly pull off capturing “House of Leaves” on film? I can’t imagine how you’d do it.
Teshigahara already adapted a few of Kobo Abe’s works: Women in the Dunes, Pitfall and The Face of Another and The Ruined Map
hmm, I might actually agree with Dimitris on something.
The Decameron might make a pretty interesting anthology film.
What’s wrong with the Pasolini?
yeah
along similar lines Contes immoraux is quite good
“What’s wrong with the Pasolini?”
It’s only 2 hours…that’s NOT an adaptation.
I would go for
“A Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
it will be really amazing and new to see such a film on the silve screen.
How about Lawrence Block’s Keller series? What an underrated series, could really yield some truly cinematic scenes.
Gus Van Sant would probably be a too obvious choice for Catcher in the Rye…
The Story of the Eye
Gravity’s Rainbow
Finnegans Wake
^ You’re reading my mind Tio.
(just let’s not discuss again religious shite, hahaha)
The Foucault Pendulum
The Name of the Rose (properly)
Money
Jake Cruickshank
I would personally love to see Catcher In the Rye come to life on screen. JD Salinger has recently now so a film adaptation is now being discussed.