Which came first? Did
you read the book, and then see the movie? Or did you see the movie, and then
read the book? And which did you like best? |
| Stanley Kubrick |
I can remember reading
Stephen King's THE SHINING. The experience was more than intense, so I couldn't
wait to see the movie. Stanley Kubrick had been a favorite director ever since
DR. STRANGELOVE, Jack Nicholson was king, and someone I knew had been hired to
operate one of the cameras. How could anything go wrong?
 |
| Sidney Pollack |
Everything went wrong.
To this day I'm still unable to tell you what I think of the movie. It's almost
like the experience of reading the novel rewrote my brain. The movie was and
remains a huge success, but I can't watch it. I can't get there. King's book
got to me first.
With John Grisham's THE
FIRM, it's exactly the opposite experience. The movie was directed by Sidney Pollack,
and I saw it first. Even today I consider the movie one of the best legal
thrillers ever made. When it comes to the novel, a worldwide bestseller by an
author I love, it doesn't seem to make any difference. Pollack's movie got to
me first.
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