http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/02/16/knowing-the-source/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/02/16/knowing-the-source/#comment-23 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:51:38 +0000 http://blog.steppenwolf.org/2006/02/16/knowing-the-source/#comment-23 I often feel like <em>not</em> knowing the source material helps me enjoy the piece more. Something to do with dissapointment I think. I hadn't read a word of Murakami before I saw <em>after the quake</em> and enjoyed the adaptation. Now I want to read all of Murakami's writing. I fear that if I had been a fan of his stories before seeing <em>quake</em>, I would have been dissapointed. Though, I must admit, Frank Galait is just that good of an adapter that I probably wouldn't have been... I often feel like not knowing the source material helps me enjoy the piece more. Something to do with dissapointment I think. I hadn’t read a word of Murakami before I saw after the quake and enjoyed the adaptation. Now I want to read all of Murakami’s writing. I fear that if I had been a fan of his stories before seeing quake, I would have been dissapointed. Though, I must admit, Frank Galait is just that good of an adapter that I probably wouldn’t have been…

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