Product: Jesus' Son [VHS]
Rating: 3.0
Fine Movie, Terrible translation of the book.
reworking a book of disjointed short stories that's core is in the mental narrative into a film is quite a task (and that's quite a run-on sentence (more run-ons to come)). They make a decent film, but lose entirely the meaning within the pages of the book. Well not even just lose, they completely change it from a gorgeous poetically profound look at a lost soul, into a pseudo-surrealist dark comedy about a lost soul. Still not a bad film, but if you read the book first (I actually sought it out after seeing the film) you probably will be disappointed. After reading the book and going back... I didn't dislike the film, It just lost its appeal.The book though, I'd give it 5 stars. Definitely for fans of Brett Easton Ellis.The Movie, I'd give 3.5 stars on its own, and 2.5 stars after reading the book.