I've reformatted the Ice Storm screenplay -- the one online was no good. But it won't let me upload it to the server, so I've sent it out in an email -- let me know if you didn't get it.
Remember that we are discussing the movie and screenplay of the Ice Storm first, then the novel. If it makes reading the novel less of pleasure, well that's something to talk about. I've never read anything about why seeing a movie specifically ruins a reading experience, but I'm sure we can come up with a few theories beyond the general "I like to imagine things for myself." Does the mythic, heavily plotted structure of a movie ruin the freewheeling, indeterminate nature of good novels? Is it simply more possible to "say more" -- things more private, detailed, or counter to social norms -- in novels than in movies, even underground ones?
As for the Hours, one question I'd like to think about is how a movie could have one "hero" enacted through three different women. I.e. how do the lacunae -- the unscreened portions, the blank spaces -- of one story get filled in by another? (Look up "lacuna" -- it's a great "SAT" word.)
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