In a message dated 6/23/08 2:11:57 PM,
abrasax93@yahoo.com writes:
> The danger will be that they take the title, which
is a stunner, and a
> couple of the characters' names and tell whatever
story they want to with it.
> That's what happened to TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, which
really was a pretty cohesive
> story in book form. But there again, Hemingway went
a little crazy with the
> stylish flourishes and the less perceptive readers
didn't get it. Time will
> undoubtedly tell.
>
that is what happened to To Have And Have Not. but I have
read that Hemingway himself wasn't too impressed with his
book, and I personally find the movie version preferable to
Casablanca, which the Bogie/Bacall debut consciously apes.
and I love Casablanca, so that's not a dis. it's more a
matter of movie star chemistry elevating material
John Lau
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