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In response to "Salinger letter from 1957 re: not selling the rights to Catcher in the Rye. -- (link)" by Don Homer

if you've written a person that can't be acted, IMO you've written a person that doesn't exist. -- nm

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Jan 28 '10, 10:42

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on the other hand, movies aren't always the right medium for every character. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 10:48 2
- max agrees with me, reagen! -- nm - tik tok Jan 28, 10:50 1
  - I don't know who should be getting more chills at this point, you or himm. -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:52
Word. -- nm - Jesus Jan 28, 10:46 1
- well the reverse is not true, obviously. :) -- nm - Reagen Jan 28, 10:48
i think he's saying Holden is a character that can't be filmed in the movie sense - tik tok Jan 28, 10:45 2
- on the other other hand, reading his letter, I think he might change his mind after having seen what the next 50 years in acting produced. -- nm - Max Jan 28, 10:51 1
  - Ashton Kutcher in the lead. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:52
Keyser Soze? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 28, 10:42

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