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Contagion, or, Why Bookish Narratives Don't Make for "Good" Films

Contagion, or, Why Bookish Narratives Don’t Make for “Good” Films

Published by Kat on September 11, 2011 | Leave a response

Though I usually don’t talk about films, Friday night’s opening of Contagion in theaters got me thinking about narrative again, as it seemed to follow a book’s structure as opposed to a film’s. None of my friends seemed particularly impressed as the credits began to roll, but I felt like it was good, just different. [...]

Posted in Films, Other Media, Uncategorized | Tagged character development, freytag's pyramid, movies, narrative, pacing, plot, point of view, reviews, subplot

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