[Marxism] Fwd: Hannibal: Television in the Spirit of Buñuel
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * As a rule of thumb, network television is the bottom feeder in popular culture while the novel, a medium we associate with classics such as “Don Quixote” and “Moby Dick”, dwells in the heavens. In a striking reversal, NBC television has aired a series called “Hannibal” that while based on the novels of Thomas Harris is far more complex and inspired than the source. As each episode begins, we see the words “Based on the characters of the book ‘Red Dragon’ by Thomas Harris”. Having just read “Red Dragon” to help me prepare this review, I would say the relationship between the source and its offspring is close to the one that exists between a banal tune like “Tea for Two” and how Thelonious Monk interpreted it. full: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/16/hannibal-television-in-the-spirit-of-bunuel/ _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Fwd: Hannibal: Television in the Spirit of Buñuel
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * You probably know this already, but Michael Mann adapted "Red Dragon" for film back in the 80's. It was called "Manhunter". Sort of a stylized adaptation currently enjoying cult status--Miami Vice meets Silence of the Lambs. _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] Fwd: Hannibal: Television in the Spirit of Buñuel
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * Yes, I've seen it. I liked it quite a bit, especially the casting of William Peterson as Will Graham. Peterson was also very good in William Friedkin's "To Live and Die in LA." An under-appreciated actor. On 10/16/15 12:06 PM, Greg McDonald wrote: You probably know this already, but Michael Mann adapted "Red Dragon" for film back in the 80's. It was called "Manhunter". Sort of a stylized adaptation currently enjoying cult status--Miami Vice meets Silence of the Lambs. _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
