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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Kevin Burton Smith
<kvnsmith@...> wrote:
>
>Cough up all the excuses and justifications you want,
but
> in a story, be it film or TV or comic books or good
ol' prose,
> storytelling always matters.
For the most part I'd agree, but where visual media are
concerned, I don't always mind if the story serves the
visuals more than the other way around.
> Anyway, solid storytelling and great visuals aren't
mutually
> exclusive. CHINATOWN and NIGHT MOVES, both conceived
for the screen,
> would make dandy novels.
Well, maybe. Just as novels never make it to the screen fully
intact, so original movies probably convey a lot of
information visually that would be difficult to nail down in
prose (especially when you're dealing with gifted directors
like Polanski).
Anyway, you're right about story and visuals not being
mutually exclusive. I don't think it follows, though, that
every visual artwork with an element of narrative must be
judged first and foremost as though it were a novel.
>And SILVERFISH,
Sounds intriguing, the way you describe it--I'll have to
check it out!
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