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In reply to the discussion: Novels not made into movies... [View all]jmowreader
(50,560 posts)12. A full-length version of Springtime for Hitler, please
The Life and Times of Hugo Stiglitz could be fun too. "Everybody in the German Army has heard of Hugo Stiglitz!"
How about remaking Soylent Green, but start at the instant Thorn tells Lt. Hatcher what Soylent Green is actually made of.
I would say no on The Catcher in the Rye, mainly because the only guy in the world who could properly portray Holden Caulfield is Martin Shkreli. You're not supposed to leave the movies wanting to beat the hero half to death, and Holden is the single most irritating fuck in all American literature.
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Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, so infamously not a movie they made a movie about it not being made
CBGLuthier
Nov 2015
#11
Houlden Caulfield is every self-absorbed young teen that thinks themselves all-knowing
alphafemale
Nov 2015
#28
That's an amazing movie, on the surface all popcorn over-the-top sci-fi, underneath sly satire.
hunter
Nov 2015
#26
Atwood's The Handmaids Tale and Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato - nt
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2015
#29