Why Can't Movies Be Like Books? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sauron the White · 10-24-2007, 02:13 PM

WCH - I think you greatly misunderstand DeNiro's statement. This is this. This is not something else. This is this.

A book is a book.
A film is a film.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS is a book.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS is a series of movies.

The book is not the movies.
The movies are not the book.

To apply criteria from one to the other is folly and a violation of the reality of each.

10-24-2007, 02:13 PM	#30
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	WCH - I think you greatly misunderstand DeNiro's statement. This is this. This is not something else. This is this. A book is a book. A film is a film. THE LORD OF THE RINGS is a book. THE LORD OF THE RINGS is a series of movies. The book is not the movies. The movies are not the book. To apply criteria from one to the other is folly and a violation of the reality of each.