film: perfume: the story of a murder

[alasdairm]

after rereading this thread, nowonmai, tally-ho and i will get our wish.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer will be released in 2006. it's directed by tom tykwer who is probably best known for directing run lola run. he also directed the princess and the warrior which seemed to get less attention but which was, for me, just as good.

as always, it will be a pleasure to see alan rickman.

excited.

alasdair

 

[Morrison's Lament]

Oooh, based on the novel, I presume? (first link doesn't work btw)

Sounds great! BTW, the Nirvana song "Scentless Apprentice" is based on the same novel

--- G.

 

[goatofthenever]

Should make a nice odd film.

 

[_a_A_C_c_]

i never read the book, even tho several people have recommended to me. perhaps this will be good motivation

 

[Groovstarr]

The book is great (one of my favs of all time).

It'll shortly come out in Britain but its been out in other places for a while now.

Defo going to see this, preview looks good but you can never tell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3VqlgARfkE

 

[tribal girl]

I was gonna start a thread on this the other day :D

Anyway, the story has always interested me. I attempted to read the novel a few times, but I just kept getting the characters mixed up because their names are all so similar . Anyway, it looks like it'll be worth looking out for.

 

[(Wordy)]

A fantastic novel... can't wait to see the adaptation.

 

[Finder]

I read this book last summer at the recommendation of dr seuss and alasdair but had no idea there was a film in the works. :D:D

 

[massive]

anyone seen it?

 

[fruitfly]

Yeah, and it unfortunately disappointed a bit. I'd love to read the book, though.

 

[wanderlust]

film: purfume: the story of a murder

adding the poll*

 

[mariacallas]

I heard this movie was quite the bore.

 

[Chaos Butterfly]

it wasn't really all that boring, but it wasn't all that good either...

basically it wasn't a waste of money, but I didn't leave the cinema raving about it.

CB.

 

[alasdairm]

i watched it finally and it was 'just ok'. the book is so wonderful, atmospheric and full of detail they couldn't hope to do it justice and they really didn't.

do yourself a favour and read the book

alasdair

 

[_a_A_C_c_]

^is the film worth requesting on netflix?

 

[alasdairm]

worth is such a subjective call. if you've read the book, you may be disappointed. if not, i would give it a somewhat enthusiastic recommendation.

alasdair

 

[_a_A_C_c_]

i guess i should have phrased the question better. i have read the book, i wondered if someone who has not read the book would enjoy the movie. but you managed to answer regardless

 

[colors]

is the book just an emulation of balzac? because that's the feeling i got watching the film.

for the arty people out there, tykwer has put together some incredible scenes. his style continues to improve imo. there is a lot of down time plowing through the mundane story, but he definitely peppers it with some cinema magic.

 

[fengtau]

I don't like reading novels so when this DVD came out, I went and got it.

 

[alasdairm]

^ and?

alasdair