THE PRICE OF SALT, AKA CAROL BY PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: Patricia Highsmith has provided a mountain of adaptable greatness in the past, peaking with Anthony Hitchcocks 1951 classic Strangers on a Train and then Anthony Minghellas 1999 take on The Talented Mr Ripley. Last year saw the somewhat mediocre The Two Faces Of January and before we see Jessica Biel and Patrick Wilson in The Blunderer, weve got Carol to enjoy. Its based on The Price of Salt, a 1952 novel which apparently inspired Vladimir Nabokov to write Lolita. Itt follows a love affair between a young woman trapped in a department store job that she hates and the suburban housewife who sets her free. Todd Haynes, of Far From Heaven and Safe brilliance, directs while Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara take on the leads. We smell Oscars. More here: shortlist/entertainment/books/8-books-to-read-before-they-become-movies-in-2015
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:53:45 +0000