But it doesn’t have to be this strictly followed road map. People want the characters to remind them of the ones they met in the book. It’s a good idea to use the source material as a guide to hit specific story beats that readers expect to see in an adaptation. Sure do! I think some of the strongest adaptations follow that adage. He told the screenwriters Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich to “treat the novel as a foundation, not a guide.” Do you think that’s a good guideline for contemporary screenwriters? Van Dyke, who made a classic out of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Thin Man” (1934). Q: I love this quote you include from director W.S.
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