Review: On the Road

admin · 04-09-2013, 12:30 AM

Ken Korman gets Beat with Kerouac and Cassidy in Walter Salles' new drama by Ken Korman It has always been difficult to imagine a faithful screen version of Jack Kerouac's autobiographical and hugely influential Beat Generation novel On the Road ? difficult for fans of the book and for the many filmmakers who struggled (and failed) over the last 50 years to bring it to life on screen. With its impressionistic, free-form prose and defiance of conventional narrative, On the Road seems inherently resistant to cinematic adaptation.? [ Read more ]

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admin Site Admin Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Orleans Posts: 11,971 Blog Entries: 2	Review: On the Road Ken Korman gets Beat with Kerouac and Cassidy in Walter Salles' new drama by Ken Korman It has always been difficult to imagine a faithful screen version of Jack Kerouac's autobiographical and hugely influential Beat Generation novel On the Road ? difficult for fans of the book and for the many filmmakers who struggled (and failed) over the last 50 years to bring it to life on screen. With its impressionistic, free-form prose and defiance of conventional narrative, On the Road seems inherently resistant to cinematic adaptation.? [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]