Smartest Thing I Have Read About Film Adaptations

 Comes from Long River Review's The Beautiful Contradiction of Adaptation by Kelley Gifford:

To dilute the value of a literary adaptation to a simple fidelity criticism is to ignore the complex and deeply layered relationship we, as individuals and as a culture, have with art. Each iteration of the same story adds to its legacy as an entity that is simultaneously a product of, and transcends, its form, its time, its author, and its audience. The beauty of seeing new versions, new visions, is that each one gives new insight into the magic that captivated you in the first place.

The writer mentions the new version of Dune, which I must agree with as a great adaptation, but I will point to another: John Huston's version of The Maltese Falcon.

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