Comments on: The Unfilmables: A List of the Hardest Novels to Film http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2007/01/12/the-unfilmables-a-list-of-the-hardest-novels-to-film/ Melting down disparate elements to form a new reality. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:09:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: alex http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2007/01/12/the-unfilmables-a-list-of-the-hardest-novels-to-film/#comment-9268 alex Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:43:58 +0000 http://fluidimagination.com/blog/2007/01/12/the-unfilmables-a-list-of-the-hardest-novels-to-film/#comment-9268 Also, <i>Pale Fire</i>, <i>The Recognitions</i> (and <i>J.R.</i>), and anything Henry Miller. As to the "any Pynchon novel" - I don't think there's anything exceedingly unfilmable about <i>Vineland</i>. It actually reads like a movie in a lot of ways. Not that I'd really want to see it run up on a screen, of course, but I don't think it'd be impossible. Also, Pale Fire, The Recognitions (and J.R.), and anything Henry Miller.

As to the “any Pynchon novel” - I don’t think there’s anything exceedingly unfilmable about Vineland. It actually reads like a movie in a lot of ways. Not that I’d really want to see it run up on a screen, of course, but I don’t think it’d be impossible.

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