You've read the original autobiography, enjoyed the award-winning film but you are still fascinated by the story. The next step has to be to read the book of adapting the autobiography to make the film! Which is actually a very illuminating look at the issues and challenges facing actors and directors and the difficulties for writers in adapting an autobiography into a film script. I could have happily done without the numerous encyclopaedic appendices though.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 56 Spring 2010 ) |
