Perfume

[Strangelet]

Originally Posted by sanakan

nice to see that there are some people reading the book *after* the movie got hyped (didn't saw that one, yet).

is there a movie out already?
i can't imagine this translating very well to the screen

[myshkin]

I remember it heavily recommended to me quite a while ago. Must give it a look when i've got the backlog shifted. Must stop buying books.

[sanakan]

Originally Posted by Strangelet

is there a movie out already?
i can't imagine this translating very well to the screen

what do you mean, "already"? the book's from 1985...
and yes, there's a movie that came out here in september. I just realized it's a german movie, so probably there wasn't as much publicity whereever you are from.

[GforGroove]

The Perfume is simply of the best books ever. too bad the movie is AWFULL!!! I mean Tom Twyker is a great stylish director, he can make really good looking movies, but he totally bring the esence of the book to the most hipster level you can possibly imagine.

my advice: don't watch the movie if you love the book

[Strangelet]

Originally Posted by GforGroove

The Perfume is simply of the best books ever. too bad the movie is AWFULL!!! I mean Tom Twyker is a great stylish director, he can make really good looking movies, but he totally bring the esence of the book to the most hipster level you can possibly imagine.

my advice: don't watch the movie if you love the book

with that description you've pretty much assured I will never see the film

[votingfloater]

How did this film sneak up on me? I really had no idea. I got locked out of my flat (because I'm a key-forgetting wassock) so I biked off to the cinema to watch An Inconvenient Truth until my flatmates returned, and I saw the trailer there. I'm not sure whether I thought or shouted "Fucking Hell!" or "Bastards!" in the cinema.

I have a worrying premonition that this film will suck big floppy donkey dick.

[b.miller]

huh. I really liked the movie. maybe it's because I never read the book... but I thought the movie was great.

[grady]

I'm not trying to piss on anyone's parade here, but I was supposed to read this book for a class on modern german authors and barely made it past page 50. I just didn't care.

Seeing the trailer two nights ago did nothing to kindle my interest.

I'm making every attempt to not be biased, but the more and more I see and read about it, the less interested I am.

[GforGroove]

Originally Posted by b.miller

huh. I really liked the movie. maybe it's because I never read the book... but I thought the movie was great.

if you like the movie don't read the book then :P

Seriously, the Perfume was a movie that shouldn't be that "effecty", although you would think there is no other way to make it work, my opinion is that all this ubber styled production and the chessy visual effects, killed completely all the perfect sadism of The Perfume.This movie should be more like 20 times more lowfi... the whole thing about the scences and aromas should be way more abstract.. well yes.. i disliked completely this film.

The other book i love about Suskind is "La Contrabase", maybe youshould start with this Grady !

[Strangelet]

Originally Posted by sanakan

what do you mean, "already"? the book's from 1985...
and yes, there's a movie that came out here in september. I just realized it's a german movie, so probably there wasn't as much publicity whereever you are from.

yeah apparently there's been a whole perfume phenomenon for a while now. the nirvana song "Scentless Apprentice" got its inspiration from the book. funny to run into something amazing like this after years in your periferal vision.