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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