Has anybody read the short story by Robert Coover that inspired the movie? It's way better than the film because it's more concise and slightly more ambiguous. It was a totally pioneering story with it's multiple third person point of view and extremely well crafted. But this movie butchered it.
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do you know the site that he story is on? because i very want to read it but i can't find it.
sharei love coover's story and have always wondered when i see this film at blockbuster if it is connected with the story. From the sound of it, though, i wont be too pleased with the film adaptation.
shareActually, I was surprised to see that the movie was based on the story, which I read back in the 70s, for a class. I wrote an essay in which I'd noted the movie-like, quick-cut quality of the story, which is chopped up into short paragraphs, to emphasize the multiple points of view.
Credit the moviemakers with producing something other than a bland blockbuster effort: this'd never get made today, with everybody lining up for a shot @the next J.K. Rowling pest seller.
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I read the story in college and loved it. There was no way it could have worked as a movie though with the constantly changing POVs. They tried here but it just didn't work.
shareThat is exactly what's missing here--without the ambiguity, it's not nearly as arresting. I don't like the fact that when the movie ends, I'm absolutely sure what happened. Additionally, the focus on the female through the male gaze is watered down; that was the biggest thing I took away from the story when I first read it in college.
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The short story sounds interesting.
shareWell, that's a given. Alicia was perfectly casted, but everything else about the movie was a silly mess.
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