March 25, 2009 – 10:54 pm
The second simultaneous book and film review by LiteraryMinded’s Angela Meyer and Celluloid Tongue’s Gerard Elson.
Watchmen, Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
(1986, DC Comics, 9781401222666)
Angela says…
Reading a graphic novel is an experience already half-way between literature and film. The opening ‘frames’ of Watchmen are like a series of shots from moving cameras, with the ‘voiceover’ of a [...]
February 17, 2009 – 10:49 pm
The first in a series of simultaneous book and film reviews by LiteraryMinded’s Angela Meyer and Celluloid Tongue’s Gerard Elson.
Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates
(orig. 1961, several editions)
Angela says…
Revolutionary Road opens with a moody series of observances and a sense of foreboding – 1955, Western Connecticut, settled yet restless characters, cars too large and gleaming, a community play, [...]
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