High Fidelity - the film

I think if you didn't like the film then you probably won't like the book. I rather enjoyed both.

I'm reading a novel called 'The Good German' (Joseph Kanon) at the moment. I highly recommend it, a sort of detective story set in Berlin in the summer of 1945. An earlier book by the same author uses the Manhattan Project as a background and is also worth a glance.

Paul

JN, I would agree with Paul. Further, I thought the film was a good conversion of the book, not very often that happens. So if you didnt like the the film I would doubt you would like the book.

John,

The film -- and that is its main fault -- is pretty much like the book. They tried to retain the pace and scale of the novel in the film, which is basically impossible and never a good idea. When I saw the film again I didn't let that bother me and did manage to enjoy it.

I found the book amusing, nothing more.

Thomas

You can see echoes of the book and the film in the Music Room forum - interminable lists of music with different common threads <g>.

A pity the story location was moved from London to Chicago for the film - the London thing was an essential part of the atmosphere of the story.

Derek

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I really enjoyed the movie, but didn't read the book. And yes, the Music Forum includes many threads that are painfully obvious examples of that pitiable stereotype.

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I enjoyed the book and I though the film was a decent depiction of it, even if it was moved to the US.

I loved them both. When I read the book, I could visualise my local secondhand record store, and then when I saw the film I wasn't disappointed, although I thought I was going to be.
I guess we just like different things. Although with over 1400 posts on this forum JN, you can't be that far removed.

I loved the book, and thought the movie made the transition to Chicago surprisingly well. John Cusack (who is a huge music fan) is, as usual, excellent. Jack Black is superb. And even the wretched Catherine Z-J is highly watchable. I can still see her walking up those stairs... you know the scene.

Davie

I enjoyed the film too and especially Jack Black.The music on the sound track was not too shabby either. I have it on DVD-V and it comes across sounding pretty good.

Incidentally another film which will bring votes for and against I'm sure is "Empire Records". The divine pairing of a very young looking Rene Zellweger and even younger looking Liv Tyler is almost irresisitble for me but the soundtrack and the charcters are icing on the cake.

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GEOFF

I really enjoyed the film. Then again I like Cusack. Have you seen Grosse Point Blank? Good, good movie.

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Originally posted by Steve O:
I really enjoyed the film. Then again I like Cusack. Have you seen Grosse Point Blank? Good, good movie.

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I'm also a huge Cusack fan; he's the only actor whose movies I actively "collect". Although he does come off somewhat similarly in most of his roles, I really love that cool/nerdy dichotomy.

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Originally posted by Geoff P:
Incidentally another film which will bring votes for and against I'm sure is "Empire Records". The divine pairing of a very young looking Rene Zellweger and even younger looking Liv Tyler is almost irresisitble for me but the soundtrack and the charcters are icing on the cake.

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Great movie - particularly the "no revealing clothing" bit. Also, the bit where the girl shaves her hair off is ace - she's nice in The Craft, but lush with her "nazi boot boy" look (or whatever Renee's character calls it).

That Rex Manning guy is a tool of the highest order - pure cheese on toast...

Don't like the way they call the vinyl section "Vinyls" though

OT - High Fidelity is ace - I love the extra features on the DVD - like the deleted scene about the records for £50 - I'd have bought them - wouldn't you? Let's face it, an unfaithful cad deserves to be ripped off of all his vinyl for £50 - he he he...

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