A look into George Bluestones Novels into Films The first chapter of George Bluestones book Novels into Film starts to point out the basic differences that exist between the written word and the visual picture. It is in the chapter "Limits of the Novel and Limits of the Film," that Bluestone attempts to theorize on the things that shape the movie/film from a work of literature. Film and literature appear to share so much, but in the process of changing a work into film, he states important changes are unavoidable. It is the reasoning behind these changes that Bluestone directs his focus, which is the basis behind the change. He starts to look at the nature of film and literature, as a crucial part in the breakdown of this problem. It is only through a discussion into nature of each of these, that Bluestone can discover where film and literature seperate, and also develop a close to accurate theory on the laws that direct the course of change from novel to film.It is important to notice that the opening chapter acts essentially as an introduction to a wider discussion throughout his book. In an effort to give his exploration some order and consistency, Bluestone organizes his discussion under five sections. He identifies five main points, which composes the process of adaptation. Despite these efforts to contain each discussion under such headings, Bluestones discussion goes off track during his analysis, which only makes the laws that govern adaptation harder to understand. Some of his discussion becomes repetitive, and he discusses topics that were already covered. In his section entitled "A Note on Origins" must be associated with his discussion on a later section entitled "The Audience and the Myths," because in both he discusses the role of the spectator and how those who produce and those who patronize film and literature have portrayed form to them. It is here in these later chapters that the points he discusses in his ...
