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From: Elsa Marston <elsa.marston>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:37:54 -0500
Hello, CCBC--
I generally avoid films made from children's books ... in part because I guess I agree with the child mentioned in an early contribution to this discussion, who said he thought books were better "because you get to make up your own pictures." Something like that, wise and wonderful.
A good number of years ago I did take my kids to see "Charlotte's Web," and had to walk out, temporarily abandoning the young fry. A terrible thing to do, of course, but I couldn't stand that pig with big blue eyes and long lashes, or anything else about the film. Let's face it, movies tend to appeal to a very different kind of taste-- saturated fat, refined sugar, and sodium, rather than beet greens, crisp apples, and truffles.
A related subject that might be worth sharing experiences and observations about, somewhere down the road, is what it's like to have your own book or story made into a film. I have something to say on that subject, moderately interesting. ( In general I was very pleased with the film version of my story, "Santa Claus in Baghdad.")
Elsa www.elsamarston.com
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Received on Sat 15 Aug 2009 07:37:54 PM CDT
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:37:54 -0500
Hello, CCBC--
I generally avoid films made from children's books ... in part because I guess I agree with the child mentioned in an early contribution to this discussion, who said he thought books were better "because you get to make up your own pictures." Something like that, wise and wonderful.
A good number of years ago I did take my kids to see "Charlotte's Web," and had to walk out, temporarily abandoning the young fry. A terrible thing to do, of course, but I couldn't stand that pig with big blue eyes and long lashes, or anything else about the film. Let's face it, movies tend to appeal to a very different kind of taste-- saturated fat, refined sugar, and sodium, rather than beet greens, crisp apples, and truffles.
A related subject that might be worth sharing experiences and observations about, somewhere down the road, is what it's like to have your own book or story made into a film. I have something to say on that subject, moderately interesting. ( In general I was very pleased with the film version of my story, "Santa Claus in Baghdad.")
Elsa www.elsamarston.com
.
Received on Sat 15 Aug 2009 07:37:54 PM CDT
