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In Reply to: name a movie that was better than the book posted by TA on October 26, 2004 at 17:19:43:
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although it's been a while since I've read the book or seen the movie, and I enjoyed them both, Vonnegut's narrative style and indelible descriptive passages do not find their way into the film, for the most part.
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A very enjoyable movie (rented recently), but the book is a classic.
though I enjoyed them both
And dark, and sarcastic. Sarcasm in fact is Vonnegut's chief literary conceit. Guess it makes him feel good about all that money and fame.The movie IMO makes not a single misstep.
Perhaps there is a lot of sarcasm in "Slaughterhouse Five", but keep in mind, Vonnegut did spend the night of the Dresden firebombing underneath the city as a POW. If he wants to write about that night sarcastically, I figure
he's entitled.Besides, was Vonnegut really rich and famous when he wrote "Slaughterhouse Five"? I thought the big money and the big fame came with the publication of this work...not before, although I know he was a working writer.
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