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King fails to have a true beginning middle and end to his story. Instead, he has a beginning, about ten middles and I think either three or four endings. ВPThis is less of a problem in a book because of these things they call chapters. If Quentin Tarantino were optioning this one then perhaps I’d feel a bit more comfortable with the idea of there being multiple middles and ends. However, from a movie, I expect a structure opening, conflict and solution. ВPLittered throughout the book, King reminds us that the past is obdurate, that it doesn’t want to be changed no matter how good one’s intentions may be. That obdurate past creates conflict after conflict after conflict, requiring solution after solution after solution. They are all interesting and keep the pages turning but it’s tiresome. Eventually I was, as I would be in t

The novel is about 850 pages and even after finishing it, I’m not sure it would have suffered all that much from cutting that down to 600 or even 500. The reason I bring this up is because when I read a novel, I judge it the way I’d judge a movie. Perhaps it’s not fair, they are different types of storytelling but as is the result of my not reading much and watching tons. I found many scenes or chapters that, while serve some purpose, don’t serve a large enough one to warrant my turning an unnecessary page. ВPThe benefit of this is however, that Demme, should he chose to pen the screenplay, shouldn’t have much trouble cutting the story down to the appropriate 120-150 minutes (please don’t be longer than that).

ВPI just finished reading it the other night (Remember, I got it for Christmas… I read slowly). Throughout, I felt as I’m sure many who’ve read it felt that it read like a movie. I thought, cut this story in half and you’ve got a high concept script. Well, Silence of the Lambs director apparently had that same idea as development has begun on the adaptation. So way, way, way in advance, I thought I’d chime in on what I expect should yet another King novel hit the silver screen.

I don’t read very often. It’s something I’ve been trying to get myself to do on a more regular basis however even the books that I have chosen to read in the past are of the non-fiction variety. ВPHowever, this past Christmas, I got a book from my parents called 11/22/63 by Stephen King. They knew that I’ve always been interested in the Kennedy assasination and that I’ve read many non-fiction accounts of it including Case Closed and Six-Seconds in Dallas. King’s book is about a high school teacher who travels back in time in an effort to prevent said assassination from happening. It’s an interesting premise of course but I didn’t have real high hopes for the quality of the novel.

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Get Your Film Fix - 11/22/63 – By: Jonathan Demme