Seems to me we have focused far off topic hard-boiled and
noir fiction recently, when Rara-Avis might be called "The
Morality of Art."
Short opinion of Altman vs. Chandler -- The author sells the
rights for the buyer or buyers to do with as they choose
under the contract signed. Immorality may come only if the
production is immoral in another way, e.g. and often
mentioned, child pornography when none was in the original
work.
The movies might easily have made child pornography of
LOLITA, I understand that they didn't. I read the book. I
found it funny, but also sad in many ways. I did not find it
pornographic. I chose not to see either version of the movie,
so I can't judge what was done with it.
I recall reading that for fear of being tagged a
pornographer, Vladimir Nabokov wanted the book to be
published anonymously, but his publishers talked him out of
it.
Jack Bludis
http://www.jackbludis.com
Shamus nominee for *Shadow of the Dahlia* Try "Blondes,
Blondes, Blondes" at http://www.ThrillingDetective.com
__________________________________________________ Do You
Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 25 Feb 2007 EST