“Unfilmable” Sci-Fi Books
If there’s one thing sci-fi fans love more than having their favorite books adapted for the big screen, it’s complaining about everything they got wrong. This is at least partially due to the more expansive and cerebral nature of text vs. budget and time constraints of film, but it doesn’t stop us trying.
On this theme, Sci Fi Wife has a list of seven great sci-fi books considered “unfilmable,” and the directors they think could pull it off – check it out here.
I’d throw Heinlein’s The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress on the list as well – so much of the book depends on internal monologue and the narrator’s philosophizing. But I’ve got a feeling that Rian Johnson, the writer/director of Brick and The Brothers Bloom could do something interesting here. He’s got a knack for off-beat storytelling with unusual characters that might be loony enough to work.