Unfilmable
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Interviewer: "Steve Coogan, why "Tristram Shandy"? This is the book that many people say is unfilmable." Steve Coogan: "I think that's the attraction. Tristram Shandy was a postmodern classic written before there was any modernism to be post about." --A Cock and Bull Story (2006) by Michael Winterbottom |
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Unfilmable or unfilmability is a term to denote novels that defy film adaptation.
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What makes a novel unfilmable?
- Plotlessness
- Philosophical introspection (can be solved with voice-over)
- Experimental fiction
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Novels previously considered unfilmable adapted for film
- The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman became A Cock and Bull Story
- Perfume (novel) became Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film)
- Life of Pi became Life of Pi (film)
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