So... "The Man Who Fell To Earth".

[kurukami]

I went down to the Harvard Film Archive this evening, to try to meet up with a group I'd heard of online. I didn't actually see any of them -- traffic, plus finding my way there for the first time, made me get there a bit later than I'd expected -- but I caught the film anyways. It was... surreal

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[dylanesque29]

Don't even talk to me about weird 70's films until you've seen The Holy Mountain or El Topo. They make The Man Who Fell To Earth look pretty straight.

[kurukami]

*raises eyebrow* Heh. You say that as though it's a worthwhile gradation, like seeing them will make this LESS weird in my head as opposed to them just being... weirder. ; )

[dylanesque29]

Point. I suspect reading the novel would lend a lot of clarity.

[kurukami]

No doubt. But I have to argue that a movie should be good in its own right, rather than requiring the novel to complete it. Hell, just look at the mess what's-his-name made out of Starship Troopers. *grin*

The Shawshank Redemption is a great example.

[dylanesque29]

I'm not sure I would say Starship Troopers was a mess.....just very, very different than what Heinlein intended....

[kurukami]

Any adaptation which doesn't involve powered armor is a failure. *grin* C'mon, it's a MAIN THEME of the novel. Not putting it in is like doing a movie version of The Shawshank Redemption without it being in prison. ; )