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I'd watch that, but the beauty of the book is not so much in the storyline, but in how it's written. Where more conventional authors would use a paragraph, Gib
by huhtenberg 3y ago
I'd watch that, but the beauty of the book is not so much in the storyline, but in how it's written.
Where more conventional authors would use a paragraph, Gibson drops select few words that convey as much. It's like reading from a zip file. It's truly something else. It'd be very difficult if not impossible to capture this in a film adaptation.
- theshrike79 3y agoThey need a director like Villeneuve on this. Someone who can convey the feeling and emotion of the text with just music and visuals, not by having a character or narrator blab on about how/why this tech does that and how the history of the world and blahblah.
- empath-nirvana 3y agoMy pick would be Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive/Neon Demon). You want someone that can do minimalistic style and body horror.
- rcarmo 3y ago“It’s like reading from a zip file” completely nails it and is a very Gibson thing to write.