Originally I was content to just simply accept the money, that was offered when people had adapted my comic books into films. Eventually I decided to refuse to accept any of the money for the films, and to ask if my name could be taken off of them, so that I no longer had to endure the embarrasment of seeing my work travested in this manner. The first film that they made of my work was 'From Hell' Which was an adaptation of my 'Jack the Ripper' narrative... In which they replaced my gruff Dorset police constable with Johhny Depp's Absinthe-swigging dandy. The next film to be made from one of my books was the regrettable 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'... Where the only resemblence it had to my book was a similar title. The most recent film that they have made of mine is apparently this new 'V for Vendetta' movie which was probably the final straw between me and Hollywood. They were written to be impossible to reproduce in terms of cinema, and so why not leave them simply as a comic in the way that they were intended to be. And if you are going to make them into films, please try to make them into better ones, than the ones I have been cursed with thus far.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author rejected film adaptation money to protest Hollywood changing his work.
- In plain terms
- I stopped taking film money when they changed my stories too much.
- What can you take from it?
- Protect your creative vision over financial gain.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How much should artists compromise?
- Is control worth the cost?
Another view
It might not be financially sustainable for all artists.
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