Greetings Cinematic Fanatics, in this particular case, you Hellbound Book Hounds! The only thing more satisfying than a gorgeous and flawlessly executed standalone Slick Flick Pick is one that honors, if not exceeds, the splendor of its novel source material.
Sometimes a screenplay, or film, has been novelized into a riveting read; conversely, an analogue bound book is oft condensed and converted, via a complex digital undertaking, to a cinematic adaptation. Some of the very
slickest, sleekest, passionately picked flicks I've had the pleasure of enjoying originated with a Slick Page Flip I took pride in perusing. The age old debate remains as heated and vitriolic as ever, the lingering, pesky, vexing question: is the slick flick pick better than the slick page flip?
Sometimes this answer proves easier than slicing your finger's flesh on the corner of a page in a hellbound book; I offer the example of Devil in a Blue Dress, the flick is superior to the novel--but not vastly so--while no doubt
novel, source--however the Slick Page Flip of
Salem's Lot, by Stephen King, outshines the merit of its cinematic expression; coming from a cinephile, such as yours truly, that is a cocksure, possibly paradoxical comment indeed.
While I will not perform this companion, contrast/comparison analysis between the primitive novel and polished flick on eve Hollow and Sleepy Hollowed Heads Slick Flick Pick, I will grant you the gift of an either/or/both discussion when I find the right pairing of bound paper and waxy film. Enjoy you Hellbound Book Hounds and Cinematic Fanatics as I investigate these various bound collections, short stories, graphic novels and similar comparisons to their corresponding flick--remain on track with your deft, rapt attention in tact through an aurally pleasing perusal as you sate your curiosity with each passing slick flick/page flip pleasure on my Chemohawk rack.
Snuggle the fstars up with a bloody, slick HellBound Book in your secretive nook.
As you earn each paper cut, you'll feel these fully fleshed out characters in your gut.
Whether binding open or cover shut, you've wed the novel--the flick serves merely as your mistress--soon to be the pumpkin smashing, steed navigating faceless fall
figure's fresh victim--slut.
Here, we unwind some novel binding for this is where final cut greets papercut!
The Slick Flick Pick we will be discussing: Pick 55: Slick Flick Pichabod: Trichabod or Treat-- Witchy Kin, Her Slain Twin and Losing Townsfolk's Heads to Sin (Jack O' Scarecrow); (Sleepy Hollow, 1999) and that flick and far more gory adaptation is richer, scarier, more vile, riveting and aesthetically pleasing than the short story abbreviated read, the plot of the flick is more sinister, intricate--more bodies do bleed, the antagonist is not Brom Brones but an
entitled femme-fatale who suffers extreme greed, this short story is more about the autumnal drowsy glen, fall festivals, pumpkin patches and their vestiges via seeds, less about a manipulated monster who rises to sate his bloodthirsty need.
Our protagonist, the sexy eloped scarecrow, is as quirky as he is clever, looks badass in steampunk contraptions and trappings; he holds the flesh key to Katrina's cold, sequestered, heartless for Brom, heart and the skeleton key to this cursed glen.
Today you are gifted the treat of audibly checking out this edition **Ninth selection of Slick Page Flip** from my Chemohawk Library Rack: Hellbound Binding 9: Slick Page Flip: Ride Faster, Schoolmaster--Pumpkin Seeds, Dark Deeds and Black Steeds (Ichabod, a Fiend for
All Things Odd); (Short Story/Medium Film Length comparison:
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and
Sleepy Hollow).
- Your freestyle logophile, bibliophile and cinephile: Schoolmaster Podcaster Falsetto Prophet AND She's lost her Red Head DEVIL
P.S. (Procrastinated Statement) *Intro/outro song, Soulicious, courtesy of the artist, Dyalla.