"Atonement" (2007)
British author Ian McEwan's book "Atonement" published in 2002, tells the story of the ignorance of younger sister who destroyed her sister's love during World War II. The genius adaptation of director Joe Wright is that in the movie, reality and fantasy intersect, making the audience think that the younger sister has completed his own "atonement", and the older sister and the lover will eventually be married. As everyone knows, this happy ending is just my sister's wishful thinking in remorse and self-blame.
"Wealth is Coming" (1979)
This film is the last posthumous work of the British comedy genius Peter Sellers, adapted from the novelette "Being There" of the same name by the American writer Jerzy Kosinski: the life of the simple gardener Chance Live in the owner's house in Washington, DC. When the owner died, Chance was driven out. Facing the new world, his only knowledge is learned from TV programs. After a sudden car accident, Chance became a guest of wealthy and powerful Washington businessmen... a slightly bland story, after Peter Sellers' crazy interpretation, became a classic comedy movie .
"007: Casino Royale" (2006)
British Ian Fleming's greatest achievement as a writer is to create the character image of "James Bond" in the 007 series. The New Zealand director Martin Campbell made "Bond" shine through the lens of the movie.
"Fight Club" (1999)
film is adapted from the novel "Fight Club" of the same name by American writer Chuck Palahniuk: In order to overcome his insomnia, young white-collar Jack participated in many psychotherapy groups, but did not improve at all until he met Taylor Dayton, a wild soap maker Taylor. In order to cope with the emptiness of life, the two established an underground organization-Fight Club... David Fincher adapted the novel into a classic movie that can be written into film history. The original author Chuck Palahniuk majored in journalism, but couldn't find a job after graduation. He started writing after he was in his thirties. In 1996, he published his first novel "Fight Club" and gained fame. In fact, "Fight Club" is his second novel. His first novel "Invisible Monster" was originally not published by any publisher, but with the best-selling of "Fight Club", this unknown novel Also immediately became a sought-after item.
"The Hours" (2002)
is adapted from the American writer Michael Cunningham's novel "The Hours" of the same name. It tells the story of three women from different time and space who all desire a more meaningful life, and they and the British female writer Virginia Woolf's novel "Mrs. Dalloway" is inextricably linked. Director Stephen Daldry made a bold adaptation of the original work, disrupting the timeline of the original work, interlacing the stories of the three women, and making the plot more fluid and compact.
"The Millionaire in the Slum" (2008)
is adapted from the first novel "Q&A" by the Indian writer Vikas Svalup-in fact, Svalup's job is a diplomat. "Q&A" was well received and won numerous awards as soon as it was published. After the adaptation of British director Danny Boyle, the film and the novel are well known in the world.
"Social Network" (2010)
is adapted from Ben Mezrich's novel "The Accidental Billionaire-The Founding of Facebook: A Story About Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal". Facebook’s founder Zuckerberg and the author are both Harvard alumni, but he obviously doesn’t like to see this alumnus and refuses to comment on the book. But the master director obviously took a fancy to this book and put it on the big screen. In the Internet entrepreneurial circle, "Social Network" and another movie about the dispute between Apple and Microsoft, "Silicon Valley Legend", are regarded as gods by entrepreneurs. There are definitely two of the movie recommendations marked "Entrepreneurs Must See".
《What's wrong with Kevin" (2011)
is adapted from the British writer Lionel Shriver's novel of the same name, "We Need To Talk About Kevin". It presents a mother and her son in a middle-class family in a flashback. The deteriorating relationship began in his mother's stomach until he was 18 years old, and finally ended in tragedy. The original work is a letter novel, and the painful mother wrote letters to the estranged husband one by one. When filming the film, British female director Lynne Ramsay boldly chose to avoid lengthy letters, but directly presented the protagonist’s pain in the lens.
"Home of the Beast" (2009)
is adapted from the work "Where the Wild Things Are" written and painted by Maurice Sendak (known as the "Picasso of children's art world") of the same name: the little boy Max Max is full of energy and has nowhere to vent. Dissatisfied with sister's neglect and mother's discipline. After an argument with his mother, Max ran away from home and drove a small boat alone by the river. After sailing on the sea for two days and two nights, he arrived at a mysterious island. There are a group of fluffy monsters with long horns on their heads and tall statures living on the island. Some are grumpy, some are docile, and some are timid. In order not to be eaten, Max lied to the monsters to say that he was the king of the Vikings, and he had to be their king when he came to the island. The simple monsters believed in Max, happily regarded him as king, and built a new home on the island... It is not easy to adapt a fairy tale into a live-action movie and be praised.
