After Watchmen, What’s ‘Unfilmable’? These Legendary Texts

[Henry M]

Gravity’s Rainbow
Writer: Thomas Pynchon

Lame excuse: Too inaccessible. Cinema in the 21st century has so far
made its name adapting seminal comics, but the 20th century was spent
on great novels. From The Bible to the Mahabarata, from Shakespeare to
Naked Lunch, literature has pretty much had its day.

But what of this cryptic, challenging tome from literature’s last
superstar? Gravity’s Rainbow is packed with paranoia, rocketry and
post-World War II occultism, and barely clocks in under a thousand
pages. Plus, it is written by a reclusive genius with a gift for
brain-teasing gab and a tendency to avoid the press like the plague.
How does that translate into a popcorn blockbuster? It doesn’t.

Chance in hell? Next to none. Think The Invisibles, plus Naked Lunch,
stir in some Watchmen and you’re there.

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Henry Mu
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