It’s always an interesting journey when a novel becomes a film. This month, we’ll take a look at the book turned film Party Monster.
"Tom Stoppard says “If an idea’s worth having once, it’s worth having twice,” and thus books become films.
"Books are an entirely different art form from both films and screenplays, and yet it is a fairly common practice to make a film out of a pre-existing book. Most people agree that “the book is better than the movie,” on the basis that you can get all sorts of details that a one and a half to two hour film can’t possibly contain. And yet, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Either way, books are adapted into screenplays for films all the time, sometimes being changed to the point of being barely recognizable, and at other times following the book closely."
