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On the other hand... Dune had also been widely considered 'unfilmable' in the industry and that same thing had been said about it: https://www.firstpost.com/ent
by chrisfosterelli 5y ago
On the other hand... Dune had also been widely considered 'unfilmable' in the industry and that same thing had been said about it: https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/why-denis-villeneuves-dune-is-a-successful-adaptation-of-an-unfilmable-novel-10096271.html https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/why-denis-villeneuve...
- smnrchrds 5y agoBut Foundation is the one that had never been adapted. It had passed the test of time for being unfilmable, unlike Dune that has been adapted multiple times to multiple media.
- chrisfosterelli 5y agoMy point is that something is only unfilmable up until the point at which someone makes a good film about it. There's lots of literary attributes which may make a series easier or harder to adapt, but, just like Dune used to be called unfilmable for the heavy monologue, length, and nonverbal components, a director with a vision can overcome them.
- unicornmama 5y agoI think it’s comical that a group of techies make broad assertions about what’s film able and not film-able. It’s like because we’re smart in one domain then we are smart in other domains and can just make baseless claims not grounded with experience. If an experienced film creator made such claims then it’s worth listening. Otherwise these sorts of comments are just noise.