The movie vs. The novel
Love Story by Erich Segal and Love Story directed by Arthur Hiller
In the late 1960s, Erich Segal wrote a script for a romantic story and failed to sell it. Upon his literary agent’s advice, he turned the script into a novel which become a sensation and will become a box office hit when it was filmed later. Love Story has a cinematic touch in it. Both in the movie and the novel the author fast establishes the characters, creates emotional situations, and move from one scene to another without any wait. Witty dialogues and happy moments got a high boost with this pacing and no wonder the readers get a filmy feel throughout. However, the filmy feeling you get through reading the novel creates a movie of your own in your head, while the real movie in a way destroys your imagination. I like the novel a million times more than the movie. Even though the movie's theme seemed annoying to us, the romantic touch of the melody can be clearly felt. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTSc4hBdCd0).
In the late 1960s, Erich Segal wrote a script for a romantic story and failed to sell it. Upon his literary agent’s advice, he turned the script into a novel which become a sensation and will become a box office hit when it was filmed later. Love Story has a cinematic touch in it. Both in the movie and the novel the author fast establishes the characters, creates emotional situations, and move from one scene to another without any wait. Witty dialogues and happy moments got a high boost with this pacing and no wonder the readers get a filmy feel throughout. However, the filmy feeling you get through reading the novel creates a movie of your own in your head, while the real movie in a way destroys your imagination. I like the novel a million times more than the movie. Even though the movie's theme seemed annoying to us, the romantic touch of the melody can be clearly felt. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTSc4hBdCd0).
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