A whole new definition of 'spoiler'

[desperance]

Ganked from Ansible (which you should just go and read the whole of, irrespective, but I really can't resist this):

Chris Priest found that the studio which filmed The Prestige has become infected by the novel's theme of obsessive, demented secrecy. His cautious commendation of the film (which they hadn't trusted him to see -- he might give away the plot!) appeared in Empire alongside an interview with director Christopher Nolan, who endeared himself by urging fans not to read the book: 'It spoils everything.'

Comments

[mantichore.livejournal.com]

Yes, I started at that. I had quite a yen to see the film, but the stupidity of this attitude rather cools my appetite. Besides, they changed the ending in order to be surprising. Considering how badly Nolan muffed the very ending of Batman Returns, I'm getting warier by the minute. And it all sounded so promising...

Hollywood: it's really another world.

[julesjones]

When I read Ansible this morning I was sorely tempted to post that in my own LJ. It's such a lovely example of Hollywood attitudes. :-)

[martyn44.livejournal.com]

Whjat does Mr Nolan suggest I do, UNread the book? Or am I the sort of geek he doesn't want watching his films anyway, the sort who reads books where the only pictures are the ones the writer creates with words?