tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post2981118694194120462..comments2023-10-28T00:37:58.716-07:00Comments on Fiction by Mary Simonsen: Andrew Davies Talks About the Art of ScreenwritingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post-79890626726472898932011-02-24T16:48:59.487-07:002011-02-24T16:48:59.487-07:00Trez, It sounds like you and Jenny Allworthy are k...Trez, It sounds like you and Jenny Allworthy are kindred spirits. She loves Little Dorrit. You should visit her blog: http://janeaustenfilmclub.blogspot.com/. I'll have to take your word on Tolkien. I don't read fantasy at all, but it seems that I am in the minority.Mary Simonsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400923132711871703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post-22262751657038376962011-02-24T09:07:12.973-07:002011-02-24T09:07:12.973-07:00This was wonderful to read.
This is why JRR Tolki...This was wonderful to read. <br />This is why JRR Tolkien wouldn't give the rights out to anybody who wanted to make a movie on his great works, he was afraid it would not be done the way it should be. I personally think he was right. At the turn of the century in comes Peter Jackson and bamm, you have an extroadinary excellent movie. Different than the book, yet still the same. Certainly the movie is in keeping within the same spirits as Tolkien's own writings.<br />I loved Davies Little Dorrit adaptation, even more so than his P&P. I think it's the atmosphere that you feel according how you read and when you watch the movies if it brings those same feelings out of you then you are going to love it and it is going to be ever so better for you. He is really good at being that kind of screenwriter - making you feel like you are reading the book in action.Trezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06639577727486577188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post-43206968080705716902011-02-23T21:26:46.615-07:002011-02-23T21:26:46.615-07:00Great find! Excellent advice, not that I'll ev...Great find! Excellent advice, not that I'll ever write a screenplay.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802462399298945211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post-75700057521616399602011-02-23T19:47:54.928-07:002011-02-23T19:47:54.928-07:00Hi Lucy. I think Jane would have been pleased with...Hi Lucy. I think Jane would have been pleased with Davies' adaptation, and "the look." Oh, it brings back memories when my husband I were dating. There's nothing like it.Mary Simonsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400923132711871703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post-16368803108680689372011-02-23T19:15:10.104-07:002011-02-23T19:15:10.104-07:00Mary,
Thanks for this post. I like all of Andr...Mary, <br /><br />Thanks for this post. I like all of Andrew Davies adaptations, but have been puzzled why some scenes are left out, some bent a bit. This helps explain it. I get so into the words of a book that making the leap to film sometimes messes with the picture I had in my head. <br /><br />The Beach Girls and I watch his P&P every fall when we go to the beach. Invariably someone (me) wants to fast forward to the"Look" in the music room. We are besotted by that one scene. Yet, Austen didn't write it, Davies did. But I'm sure that Jane would have written the scene had she known her book would be made into a mini-series.LucyParkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12237811276304905966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post-81160746549722542062011-02-23T10:12:22.007-07:002011-02-23T10:12:22.007-07:00Hi Jenny, Thank you for your compliments. You are ...Hi Jenny, Thank you for your compliments. You are now officially my BFF! MaryMary Simonsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03400923132711871703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579367039984189257.post-19068951590473016412011-02-23T07:02:44.864-07:002011-02-23T07:02:44.864-07:00I LOVE Andrew Davies!!! This man needs to live for...I LOVE Andrew Davies!!! This man needs to live forever, as he is one of the most amazing screenwriters ever to have walked the earth. I am watching Little Dorrit for the second time this month as once through the 14 part series wasn't enough for me!<br /><br />Love this man. Did I mention that I love him?<br /><br />Thanks for the link Mary. By the way, I am also reading your book Searching for Pemberley and am enjoying it immensely. I will move on to your new one The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy after this one.Jenny Allworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08518779478842699970noreply@blogger.com