Comments on: The Last Victorian: John Buchan and the Hannay Quartet http://calitreview.com/42 An arts and culture magazine. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: josh buchanhttp://calitreview.com/42/comment-page-1#comment-24165 josh buchan Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:20:20 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/the-last-victorian-john-buchan-and-the-hannay-quartet/#comment-24165 wow how weard is that my dad is called John Buchan, my name is Joshua John buchan .... and i have scotland in my blood....hmmmm thats realy odd wow how weard is that my dad is called John Buchan, my name is Joshua John buchan …. and i have scotland in my blood….hmmmm thats realy odd

]]> By: Sam Busbyhttp://calitreview.com/42/comment-page-1#comment-8159 Sam Busby Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:02:17 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/the-last-victorian-john-buchan-and-the-hannay-quartet/#comment-8159 john buchan is my relation through marriage .. only just found out john buchan is my relation through marriage .. only just found out

]]> By: Rachelhttp://calitreview.com/42/comment-page-1#comment-2316 Rachel Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:17:03 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/the-last-victorian-john-buchan-and-the-hannay-quartet/#comment-2316 Six, actually. The Courts of the Morning is the fifth in the series. Six, actually. The Courts of the Morning is the fifth in the series.

]]> By: Peter McKenziehttp://calitreview.com/42/comment-page-1#comment-460 Peter McKenzie Mon, 28 May 2007 00:39:12 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/the-last-victorian-john-buchan-and-the-hannay-quartet/#comment-460 I think there are five novels featuring Richard Hannay. the fifth, of course, is The Island of Sheep. I think there are five novels featuring Richard Hannay. the fifth, of course, is The Island of Sheep.

]]> By: Brett Woodshttp://calitreview.com/42/comment-page-1#comment-459 Brett Woods Mon, 28 May 2007 00:38:01 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/the-last-victorian-john-buchan-and-the-hannay-quartet/#comment-459 Hello Brian...thanks for the note. I suppose the real answer would be "depends on the material." But, in fact, if an author (or estate executors) have sold screen rights for a certain price and have not considered script approval, I suspect the people making the film can pretty much do whatever thay want with the book. The same goes for remaking the older "classic" films and updating them...take a look at this essay by Josh MacMillin on a site that is put together by a group of Ithaca College students: http://www.ithaca.edu/buzzsaw/0405guess.htm I think you will find Josh's essay to be of interest...and humerous. Brett Hello Brian…thanks for the note.

I suppose the real answer would be “depends on the material.” But, in fact, if an author (or estate executors) have sold screen rights for a certain price and have not considered script approval, I suspect the people making the film can pretty much do whatever thay want with the book. The same goes for remaking the older “classic” films and updating them…take a look at this essay by Josh MacMillin on a site that is put together by a group of Ithaca College students:

http://www.ithaca.edu/buzzsaw/0405guess.htm

I think you will find Josh’s essay to be of interest…and humerous.

Brett

]]> By: Brian Neillhttp://calitreview.com/42/comment-page-1#comment-458 Brian Neill Mon, 28 May 2007 00:37:02 +0000 http://calitreview.com//essays/the-last-victorian-john-buchan-and-the-hannay-quartet/#comment-458 I am currently reading the four stories to which you refer. They are, as you probably know, published in one volume by Penguin. I read The Thirty Nine Steps and I am now halfway through Greenmantle. My initial reaction when reading The Thirty Nine Steps was "Great, the films seem to have followed the plot of the original story. How wrong I was! I first suspected that I had been somewhat off the mark with my assumption when I realized that there was no female in Buchan's narrative. The inclusion of a female in all the films was perhaps a minor deviation but worse was to come. The book relates the title to steps descending to a beach. Where on earth did the film producers/directors source the scene of the memory man in the theatre prompted by Hannay to disclose the meaning of The Thirty Nine Steps? Hannay hanging from the hands of Big Ben was certainly not envisaged by John Buchan. I appreciate that film people always enhance the original story but in the case of the Thirty Nine Steps they really went over the top. To Mr Woods... Do you agree that film versions of a beloved story should be "enhanced", or should the producers/directors stick to the original story? I am currently reading the four stories to which you refer. They are, as you probably know, published in one volume by Penguin.
I read The Thirty Nine Steps and I am now halfway through Greenmantle.
My initial reaction when reading The Thirty Nine Steps was “Great, the films seem to have followed the plot of the original story. How wrong I was! I first suspected that I had been somewhat off the mark with my assumption when I realized that there was no female in Buchan’s narrative. The inclusion of a female in all the films was perhaps a minor deviation but worse was to come. The book relates the title to steps descending to a beach. Where on earth did the film producers/directors source the scene of the memory man in the theatre prompted by Hannay to disclose the meaning of The Thirty Nine Steps? Hannay hanging from the hands of Big Ben was certainly not envisaged by John Buchan.
I appreciate that film people always enhance the original story but in the case of the Thirty Nine Steps they really went over the top.

To Mr Woods…
Do you agree that film versions of a beloved story should be “enhanced”, or should the producers/directors stick to the original story?

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