When deviating from the page makes for a unique adaptation, and when the book required a closer read.
What does it take for a movie adaptation to transcend its source material?
Or choosing a different point of view that opens up new storytelling avenues.
Children of Men
Alfonso Cuaron made a point of not reading P.D.
James 1992 dystopian novel before embarking on his celebrated adaptation in 2006.
When Borden interferes with his trick, Angier gets split into his corporeal form and a more insubstantial one.
The same went for the women they loved and the children they raised.
