The Short Stories Behind Great Movies

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    • Publish Date: Sep 1 2016 3:31PM
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The Short Stories Behind Great Movies
A still from the upcoming film ' Arrival'

Yet another reason to get onto the short fiction train 

The sci-fi psychological thriller ‘Arrival’ has been lighting up the internet since the trailer was released. The November 2016 movie of alien contact has already been stirring buzz not just around the performances of its A-list stars and eerie, geopolitically touchy posters, but around the text that ‘Arrival’ was originally based upon. 

Believe it or not, this entire feature film was drawn from a short story titled, ‘Story of Your Life’ by Ted Chiang, which won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2000 (a prestigious science fiction award.) Now, movie critics and sci-fi film fans alike are hastening to their computers to order copies of Chiang’s short story collections.

What better argument, in today’s film-rich environment, for the value of the humble short story? One day, that unassuming little flight of fantasy you leafed through in 20 minutes could well be on the big screen. Need more proof? Here are gripping, mind-bending, whimsical, poetic short stories that ended up as major motion pictures – some of them may surprise you. 

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NAVYA MALHOTRA SWARAJ INDIA PUBLIC SCHOOL

Oh wow!!!!! I personally feel watching a movie instead of reading the book behind it is much more intriguing if we compare

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