Salman Rushdie filmiks muudetud raamatutest

Salman Rushdie arutleb Guardian'is, kas hea raamatu põhjal on võimalik vändata samaväärsel tasemel filmi ja selgitab muuhulgas ka värskete Oscari võitjate näidete varal, miks tuleks halvale adaptsioonile eelistada filmi tegematajätmist.

Whole societies can lose their way through a process of bad adaptation. Striving to save themselves, they can oppress others. Hoping to defend themselves, they can damage the very liberties they believed to be under attack. Claiming to defend freedom, they can make themselves and others less free. Or, seeking to calm the violent hotheads in their midst, societies can try to appease them, and so give the violent hotheads the notion that their violence and hotheadedness is effective. Wishing to create better understanding between peoples, they can seek to prevent the expression of opinions unpalatable to some of their members, and so immediately make others even angrier than they were before.