The Pedestrian Movie Analysis

The PBS article of film adaptation points out the difference between written text and film and the struggle of adapting a book into a film. Books have a widely known imagination because of the narrator and how he or she writes the story. We create the picture on what is going on however, in film, it takes away your visual and shows the picture. Films mostly rely on the Director and it comes from their point of view and their take of the story. Also a film is limited to a two-hour show, while a novel came use as much time to show more detail. Most films have a different story, sometimes a different conclusion to what is going on in the book. They make it Similar to the audience and more shorter to make it appealing than the long book. As
Furthermore, in novels and film it’s hard to portray the same theme and same story line. Different themes in Ray Bradbury’s “The pedestrian” are evident in the short story and the film adaptation. Ray Bradbury’s short story and Bollinger’s film, The Pedestrian has some similarities within the theme. One of the common themes with the story and the film was how people are addicted to the tv. As Leonard mead walked the streets alone at night, he “whispered to every house on every side as he
The film has Leonard has a destination, and that he won't be alone and accompanied by his friend Bob, whereas “The street was silent and long and empty, with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in midcountry” (Ray 49). It illustrates how much the film wanted to change the loneliness to someone joining in. Another key difference is how they had multiple cops surrounding the area, while the novel “Only one police car left, isn't that correct” (Ray 49). Proves that they wanted more people and the theme to change. Furthermore the book and the film’s differences change the overall feel of the story. As novels became films, they aren't really the same in theme or even the storyline. In the film “The Pedestrian”, it was hard to try and follow the theme as the novel. The film’s theme was changed so much, it no longer followed the storyline. The difficulty of creating a perfect film adaption is to have the same image as the novel, as well as theme. It’s more important in today’s society to not be in front of the tv screen at all times. Ray Bradbury showed the reader what the future may look like if we don't turn the tv’s off and walk once in awhile. The short story showed us the imagination of the future as well as the film, but more in a