Zoller Seitz now thinks that it “could become one of the all-time great HBO dramas”. Sonia Saraiya wrote for Salon that “although other shows are good, ‘The Leftovers’ is vital”. According to the AV Club, it “just won’t stop kicking the rest of television’s ass”. Yet, in its second season, The Leftovers has become, according to those same critics, the best show on TV. And as a result, many people found it over the top or unwatchable. series “ The Leftovers.To quote a review by Matt Zoller Seitz, the show was “ all bleakness all the time”. Tom Perrotta, author of the novel “ The Leftovers” and co-creator and executive producer of the T.V.And it happens pretty much to everybody in some way or another.” You just fear for the people you love in a different way once that happens. It took me a very, very long time - I don’t think I still have fully absorbed that. It was ten years ago, but still, he was there one day and he was not there the next. The world looks fine, but the people are deeply shaken.” So I wanted to use it as a metaphor, but I also wanted to sort of undermine apocalyptic conventions and really create an internal apocalypse. I think the first time it happens to you, the world feels different forever. But, there’s also something very true about it.” “There’s something crazy about this idea of people just disappearing. “I think one of the things that really happened in this transformative process is that the quietness of the book was amped up … I think readers will find that ‘The Leftovers’ has been given a shot of adrenaline.” It’s really been a process of transformation, creating something new.” We’ve created new characters, we’ve invented new stories to tell. Here, we have ten 1-hour episodes for the season so the book has grown beyond its boundaries. “I’ve had books turned into films before, and in that case what you’re doing is trying to compress the story so that it fits in a 2-hour format. WBUR’s The Artery: HBO Makes A Tasty Meal Out Of Tom Perrotta’s ‘The Leftovers’.Here & Now’s Robin Young talks to Perrotta about the process of bringing his book to television. Perrotta isn’t new to having his work adapted to the screen. Previously, Perrotta’s novels “Election” and “Little Children” were adapted into Academy Award nominated films.īut this time, Perrotta is behind the wheel of the adaptation: he is the show’s co-creator and executive producer, and he co-wrote the pilot as well. In Tom Perrotta‘s novel “The Leftovers,” there are hellish questions on Earth after millions are whisked off to heaven.Īnd now, “The Leftovers” is an HBO series. What would you do? Wouldn’t you wonder a little, “Well, why not me?” Say there is a rapture - a Bibilical event in which people around you
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