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I tried reading it years ago and gave up after a few pages. I might try again one day, but I don't like being actively confused when I'm trying to consume conte
by danielvaughn 4y ago
I tried reading it years ago and gave up after a few pages. I might try again one day, but I don't like being actively confused when I'm trying to consume content via reading. It just frustrates me. Movies I can handle, like Adaptation is one of my favorite films of all time, and it "actively resists being understood" to quote another commenter here. Yet that approach translates much better to film than to literature IMO.
- wk_end 4y agoAdaptation is a great movie but I wouldn't really say it resists being understood - it tells a fairly straightforward narrative (the only catch, I guess, is the question of how much of the climax and denouement is "real" and how much of it is "cinema"). Even Charlie Kaufman's most recent film, "I'm Thinking of Ending Things", fits that bill an awful lot more I think.
- alehlopeh 4y agoIs consuming content by reading different than just reading?
- danielvaughn 4y agoNope, a more concise way to phrase what I was trying to say was "reading" vs "watching".