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Why hasn't Hammett's Red Harvest been adapted yet

posted 14 years ago by GrantZilla
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It's a classic that spawned Yojimo, Fistfull of Dollars, Last Man Standing.

Featuring his famouse detective with no name, who also featured in original story this movie was based off of

[–] TheManInOil 12 years ago

So, you count 3 movies adapted from it, yet want to know why it hasn't been adapted yet?

"I'll book you. I'll book you on something. I'll find something in the book to book you on."

[–] RugGuy 12 years ago

Brick is another adaptation. I would like to see a RH flim.

[–] RugGuy 12 years ago

Miller's Crossing also, but I ask the same question often.

[–] Tjanssen411 11 years ago

"the detective with no name"

well since the "op' has no real Identity its just so much simpler to keep turning out 'spawn' and cite the book as inspiration rather than attempt to adapt it directly

and then worry about uber-fans complaining that "You ruined it" or "why did you change this and not that" and arguably I'm sure you could find exponentially More than just the three you cited... I know Van Damme had a version right when his movies started going the direct to DVD

and if you know your Hammett you'd recall that several Op Stories were modified to become the back bone of the Thin Man Movie sequels