Literary Music Videos

I love when short stories are made into short films! Thus, the video we watched in class of Murakami's "Bakery Attack" was a joy to see. But, I didn't always think this way... I used to (and still sometimes do) fall into the "but the book was better than the movie!" dilemma. While films of short stories are an intriguing interpretation of the story, our imaginations as readers can sometimes seem undermined (even attacked!) by the filmmaker when what we see in our minds is different then what we see on screen. The first time i became aware of this dilemma was when I saw a short film of a short story by one of my favorite authors (Etgar Keret, who coincidentally reminds me a lot of Murakami). His story "What do we have in our pockets?" was turned into a short film by the Croatian director Goran Dukić (who also turned one of Keret's other stories into a feature film). When I first saw the film I liked it, but was irked by the fact that it was nothing like I had directed it in my mind. However, once I began to let go of my "but the book was better than the movie!" state of mind I appreciated a separate work of art altogether and thus my love for short stories into short films (or what apparently are called "literary music videos") began.

Keret in fact has created a whole initiative to incorporate multimedia and the short story called StoryVid.

Here is a link to that very short story/short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qrwwM1Hgwk

Here is a link to learn more about StoryVid: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/awesome_of_the_day/2013/01/story-vid-literary-music-videos.html