... but Harrison Bergeron (the beautiful sonofabitch) is coming to the big screen.
If you are not familiar with him you can find his story here.
I really got into Kurt Vonnegut this summer. I blasted through Breakfast of Champions in just a matter of lunch breaks and loved every word and doodle of it. After reading a friend related some staggeringly sad information to me: "I'd read Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle and enjoyed both of them. But after I read Breakfast of Champions I just thought 'Shit... I've read the best thing anyone person could possibly be expected to write.'" And I know what she means, after BoC you can't expect anything better- it is just that good. (Not that the rest is lacking, but, instead, simply saying, if there has to be a best maybe this is it.)
I'm not sure what Vonnegut's seminal work is supposed to be. I'd always thought it was Slaughterhouse-Five but I come from a war weary (and leery) family of readers, and that may account for much of my opinions. Either way it's all damn good stuff. I never "LOLed" but I was always pleasantly amused and quite astounded.
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It looks really good, I wonder how they're going to make it a full length movie...
I think it's only going to be 25 minutes long- which makes me wonder where I will be able to see/get ahold of it.
i always get nervous when people try to make writing i like into movies. so much of it is in the tone of voice
I know what you mean. But luckly, they've done this story before... so too late. This looks better though, much more promising. I think the limited length will do it well.
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