If You're More of a Movie Person

I just finished book 2 of In Search of Lost Time , and learned that Harold Pinter wrote a screenplay of it in 1972. A producer got the rights to film the novel, and commissioned a screenplay with the idea of first publishing it as a book. I read that if a lot of readers clamoured for the film, the producer hoped to get the money to finance it.

Pinter did try to cover the 3000 or so page book in 120-some pages. I've just read the first third. It's sort of a poetic visual rendition. I'm happy to say Pinter avoided voice overs. Most writers would have indulged in them for this. Bravo!