![]() ![]() ![]() What does that mean for a cinematic adaptation from wife and husband duo Sam Taylor-Johnson (director and co-writer) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (co-writer and star)? Besides possessing the dramatic gravitas to provide a platform for the latter to showcase his talents, it’s easier to see the result as a product of the controversy rather than a faithful adaptation of the material itself. Cliché can be forgiven if born from truth. What finally made it worthwhile was the veracity it couldn’t uphold. The reason is simple: nothing that happens is unique to what we’ve already read or seen before countless other times. Random House, the place that ultimately printed it and watched its ascent to the number one bestseller slot thanks to a coveted spot on Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club list, was supposedly one of the establishments that rejected it back then too. ![]() During the ensuing fallout once James Frey’s memoir A Million Little Pieces was exposed as a fabrication well beyond his statement admitting to having altered “small details” of his past, it was discovered that the author had tried getting it published as fiction to no avail. ![]()
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