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February 5, 2024 44 mins

Alexis is joined by Bryon Graves, award-winning author of Rez Ball, to chat about book-to-screen adaptations. Which movies based on books work and which ones don’t live up to the source material?

0:00 Intro
1:29 Best adaptations
7:03 Interpretation that misses the meaning
9:48 Great book meets great director
17:34 Creative vision vs collaboration
22:32 Worst adaptations
27:39 Editing your work
30:37 The power of the author
32:37 Casting
43:24 Outro

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