Review of Brighton Rock (1948) by Roger R — 09 Jun 2013

One of the more irritating things people say about books adapted to film is that the book was better. No the book was different, they are different art forms and a film can almost never be faithful to every reader's previsualisation of the novel.

However, with Grahame Greene novels, which are so visually and cinematically written, it is possible for film adaptations which are faithful to the themes, meanings and subtext of the literary work. Of course it helps if Graham Greene also co writes the script.

A great indeed touching film about how our personal dysfunctions can lead us to choose strange bedfellows.