you liked the book AND the movie!

wuthering heights

the ice storm (this might just be cuz i grew up in fairfield county connecticut in the 70's so the nostalgia worked for me. plus, i just like snowy books and movies. also liked smilla's sense of snow book AND movie!)

thinking about this cuz i liked the book up in the air and the movie is coming out.

and cuz most people like the book but not the movie.

i'm sure there are plenty more examples of me liking book/movie. want to know what yours are though. and what movies you felt REALLY nailed the book and did it justice.

oh, Housekeeping! that's one more.

picnic at hanging rock

whoa weird my parents grew up in fairfield in the 70s o_O

tristram shandy + a cock and bull story is U&K here altho sorry for british

Akira

The Shining? read the book as a teenager tho so who knows now
A Clockwork Orange obv - still feel this is a v. accurate filming of the book btw
Think I enjoyed the film of Houellebecq's Domaine de la Lutte but I can't remember anything about it tbh

is housekeeping good? man i shld see that

on flew over the cuckoos nest
catch-22

probably not AS good as the books, but great movies in their own right

the ice storm (this might just be cuz i grew up in fairfield county connecticut in the 70's so the nostalgia worked for me

I think the movie is actually better than the book b/c there isn't as much "lol '70s" in it.

I also liked the Ice Storm movie because I grew up Fairfield County (though this was in the 80s). Just the scenery of the winding roads and the low stone walls and so forth.

Never read the book however.

The Maltese Falcon

far less faithful to its source, but still a lot of fun: The Big Sleep (Bogart/Bacall version, obv)

Battle Royale

Um, The English Patient.

The Maltese Falcon is a good one.

Naked Lunch

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

^^^

history of violence

The Reivers

short cuts

These Henry James adaptations are excellent:

The Wings of the Dove
The Innocents
The Heiress

Also:

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Wonder Boys

oh, Housekeeping! that's one more.

oh WHEN will this get a DVD release???

The Haunting of Hill House ( = The Haunting)

Dune

Closely Watched Trains

The Postman Always Rings Twice

bonus points for more than one movie version. i like both postman movies. and the book.

the grifters

the killer inside me

after dark, my sweet

^^^

I didn't know about a Killer Inside Me movie, that's going in the NetFlix queue.

fat city! great book. great movie.

speaking of huston:

the red badge of courage

reflections in a golden eye

wise blood

under the volcano

(and the maltese falcon which was already mentioned.)

greed/mcteague

apparently there is gonna be a new killer inside me too! with kate hudson!

the 70's one is great and has my hero susan tyrrell in it. she's also amazing in fat city.

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I actually hate both individually, but I like that one is an adaptation of the other, so I like them both together.

that odd raul ruiz version of remembrance of things past was cool

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

for that matter, Through a Scanner Darkly

On the Hrabal/Menzel tip, I Served the King of England is a pretty fun movie, though it doesn't capture the majesty of the book so well.

Dream Story -- Eyes Wide Shut

Through A Scanner Darkly

Cockfighter

I'll second Closely Watched Trains and add Contempt.

'Contempt'! Yes! Both verions are brilliant.

Tavernier's Thompson adaptation is inspired, capturing the disgusting stench of the novel with excellent performances!

The Virgin Suicides

Dream Story -- Eyes Wide Shut

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plz post more suggestions so i know what to avoid watching/reading

:) btw

yr mom's diary -- the porn we made ;D

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...I mean seriously folks

the remains of the day, though the book is much better.

"A Scanner Darkly" (thought this was unfilmable, v pleasantly surprised w/the movie) "Catch 22", "Slaughterhouse 5" (didn't think this was great or anything, but did like it)

The Tin Drum

jesus' son
the abyss (although the book came after the movie, and orson scott card has since revealed himself to be a bit of fundie or something)
the safety of objects

american psycho
the informers

history of violence

haaaaaated this terrible movie

(book was an undercooked LW&C bite, but the art was pretty)

wait I'm thinking of a completely different Paradox boox

whatever that one was, the movie sucked

Krasznahorkai's Melancholy of Resistance and Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies.

Prompted by the James Ellroy thread: L.A. Confidential.

Antonioni's Blow Up and Cortazar's short story.

Good one.

i really don't like blow up. i know nobody asked me. i like the yardbirds part.

a lot of people don't like blow up but i find it thoroughly enjoyable. i really like the idea of the crime being teased out of his photos and it's very interesting to see after having read the cortazar because the source is more of an inspiration or starting point for the film than a blueprint.

'Blow-up' is one of my long time faves. Much imitated.
I've still to see 'Red Desert.'
If the silly cgi shit had not been slopped on top of 'A Scanner Darkly' it would have been much superior, imo. I do wish someone( not Lynch) would adapt 'The Man In The High Castle.'
On Topic: 'Gone With The Wind.' Both novel and film are entertaining.

Oh yes and 'Wuthering Heights' sucked as a novel, no matter what my wife or anyone else says.

"No Country For Old Men", the movie pretty much is the book.

True.

Pash OTM with Catch 22, which I genuinely thought would be impossible to film.

Lord of the RIIIIIIINGS.

Anyone like the adaptation of The Sailor who Fell from Grace to the Sea?

I enjoyed both for "The Road"