Nuclear Light

[Paul Mackin]

>From Don L concerning that nuclear-age-dawning in  
_The English Patient_:

> 
> In the book, that scene *does* seem to come across as somewhat forced, though
> thematically consistent with the novel as whole.  Still, its exclusion from
> the movie is one of a number of changes that have annoyed me no end about
> the film, despite some real strengths of acting and style.

See what you mean.  But probably, fortunately, not still another
instance of good or even merely popular books making bad
movies.  Or so it seems to me.

Paradoxically,  doesn't the failure in adaptations often stem from
trying to retain TOO MUCH of the original--awkwardly tacking
on favorite bits here and there whose absences are otherwise likely
to be vociferously missed?

Pray GR will never be a movie.

Better to start with fairly undistinguished material, then take it
unfettered from there.

Sorry if this is going too far a field from t-that nuclear light.

					P.