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A Million Little Pieces To Finally Be Adapted – As 70 Minute Blank Turquoise Screen

Posted on | October 3, 2008 | No Comments

Believe it or not, that’s not an Onion headline:

See, Nigel Tomm is an artist who likes to adapt literary properties in his own unique way — by calling each a “remix” and adding one solid color that remains on screen for roughly 70 minutes or so. No sound, no dialogue, no narration, nothing. Previously, Tomm’s done the same thing for Hamlet, The Catcher in the Rye and Waiting for Godot, among others. Here’s a bit more description: “Nigel Tomm’s film adaptation of James Frey’s book “A Million Little Pieces” is the transfer of the story to the space of art. Somebody calls it absolute art. Somebody calls it abstract film. Somebody calls it fraud. To have your own opinion you must trust your eyes and experience for yourself the seductive turquoise screen.”

And you can buy a piece of A Million Little Pieces for only $19.97 on Amazon.

To be fair, some would argue that a no dialogue adaptation of Waiting for Godot would actually be an improvement. That’s something The Onion would cover.

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