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Martin Amis: for My Money, the BBC Got It Right Mobile site Sign in Register Text larger · smaller About Us Today's paper Zeitgeist Search Television & radio Search News Sport Comment Culture Business Money Life & style Travel Environment TV Video Community Blogs Jobs Culture Television & radio TV and radio blog Series: Shortcuts Previous | Next | Index Martin Amis: for my Money, the BBC got it (26) right Tweet this (72) Comments (55) Martin Amis on why the BBC dramatisation of his novel Money is great television Martin Amis guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 25 May 2010 20.00 BST Article history larger | smaller Television & radio Television Books Martin Amis Series Shortcuts More features On TV & radio Most viewed Zeitgeist Latest Last 24 hours 'Remarkable': Nick Frost as John Self in the BBC dramatisation of Martin Amis's 1. Friends reunited: novel Money. Photograph: Laurence Cendrowicz/BBC which actors should share a TV screen Watching an adaptation of your novel can be a violent experience: again? seeing your old jokes suddenly thrust at you can be alarming. But I started to enjoy Money very quickly, and then I relaxed. 2. What we'll miss about The Bill It's a voice novel, and they're the hardest to film – you've got to use 3. BBC4 pitches to Mad Men fans with new some voiceover to get the voice. But I think the BBC adaptation was drama Rubicon really pretty close to my voice – just the feel of it, the slightly hysterical 4. TV review: Mistresses and E Numbers: An feel of it, which I like. It's a pity one line wasn't used. Speculating about Edible Adventure whether Charles slept with Diana, in the book the barman says, "He's the 5. The Guardian's top 50 television dramas of all heir to the frone. I mean, he's got to know what he's getting, hasn't he?" I time was waiting for it and it didn't come. But that's just a tiny lost opportunity. You sort of let it go and think it's not going to be the book, it's someone More most viewed else's idea of the book, the basic difference being that a novel is about interior life and a film about exterior life, and you accept that. The Martin Amis character isn't in it and I'm relaxed about that – I don't Bestsellers from the Guardian shop think self-referential stuff works on the screen. They did want me to sit on the plane but I thought it would be disgusting to have a 60-year-old me, Men's slip on canvas and said, "Why don't you get a nice, handsome young actor who might shoes look a bit like me?" Buy one pair, get one converted by Web2PDFConvert.com look a bit like me?" free for only £19.99(plus There was a time when Money was going to be made in the late 80s and £3.95 p&p) From: £23.94 we'd lined up Gary Oldman for John Self. It was a great missed opportunity. Nick Frost, though, is remarkable. I found him a joy to watch. Visit the Guardian reader offers shop He brought a lot of pain to the role, undemonstratively, holding it in, with Green & ethical shopping at Guardian ecostore not a hint of self pity. In my imagination Self was not long-haired and he didn't have a moustache, but Frost has taken over from that. I never thought of Money as a book about the 80s, except for the royal Guardian Books on Twitter wedding and the rioting, the bunting and the barricade – that was very Latest news, views and links from the Guardian's expressive of the time. But greed doesn't go away. And it was lovely to books team see Self drinking himself senseless on an aeroplane. As he's about to fall carmitstead: I've discovered some asleep, the stewardess very tenderly puts out his cigarette. It made me wonderful books - more than could fit on feel so nostalgic – you fully expected to be able to smoke on an first book longlist - but am frustrated by aeroplane. That's very true to the time. the standard of editing #books about 6 hours, 47 minutes ago As told to Alison Flood. Money concludes tonight at 9pm on BBC2. paullaity: Colm Toibin at Guardian Review book club last night. Wonderful. 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Staff 10Mb broadband From £5 More Contributor with evening & weekend calls Showing first 50 comments | Go to all comments | Go to latest comment Search for deals in your area Tell us your postcode and we'll find the best deal speccyjowlybellend Recommend? (0) available in your location. 26 May 2010, 8:11AM Report abuse Enter postcode Go Clip | Link That was my second favourite line. More broadband deals crackerjack77 Recommend? (25) 26 May 2010, 8:32AM Report abuse Clip | Link Rent DVDs Absolutely atrocious - I won't be watching Part 2. Nick Frost gets John Self totally wrong. He's one-dimensional and out of his depth. Someone should have told DVDs Games him that he's not starring in a Carry On film. Top 5 italia90 Recommend? (7) 1. Whip It 26 May 2010, 8:37AM Report abuse 2. Centurion Clip | Link 3. The Joneses I loved the book back in the day and partly as a consequence of that, partly 4. Hot Tub Time Machine because it seemed to be so technically difficult to put on screen, didn't expect to enjoy the film. Have to say I was pleasantly surprised. It looked great, the script, 5. Valentine's Day taken on its own merits rather than standing it up against the novel, was pretty sharpand Nick Frost did a great job of capturing John Self, the appalling slob Search Actor / Title / Director who you still can't help feeling affection for. Against all the odds, a job well Go done... Join our DVD rental service today and get a free 30 day trial finniestoncrane Recommend? (22) 26 May 2010, 8:40AM Report abuse Latest news on guardian.co.uk Clip | Link Last updated less than one minute ago It's a while since I've read Money but I remember Self having guile and being a wholly bad bastard . I was disappointed when I watched part one at the News weekend. Frost looks like a terrible piece of casting to me. He's oafish rather Murdoch is too powerful says BBC director general than nasty. converted by Web2PDFConvert.com LoveisEternal Recommend? (37) Sponsored features 26 May 2010, 8:45AM Report abuse Clip | Link 'Martin Amis on why the BBC dramatisation of his novel Money is great television..' let me see...cos you wrote it? No..just co-incidental. I used to love your books till one day whilst reading 'The Information' I realized that it was the basically same voice- the same view of the world- in all your works.. and it was a view that was cynical and joyless at heart. And most of your work was simply about saying 'hey look how succinctly and deftly I can express this experience/phenomena'.. a linguistic firework display, and whilst that is enjoyable its not worth the negativity of the content. Find the latest jobs in your sector: It's like going out with a partner that is witty, engaging etc. but ultimately leaves you feeling worse about yourself and life. You have to break it off.. sorry martin Arts & heritage Health ..it's over. Charities Marketing & PR It's like that Larkin line in Aubade that you admire.. 'courage is not scaring other people' Education Media This is the key misunderstanding of reality. Courage is being true to who you Environment Sales really are- no matter what effect it has on others. Government Senior executive It's like you see all the futility and emptiness of consensus reality without ever looking long or deep enough to receive any of the love that constitutes ultimate Graduate Social care reality. Browse all jobs Any way.. my tuppence.. tv Search Pens Recommend? (10) 26 May 2010, 9:06AM Report abuse Digital Producer London | £28-32k Clip | Link SEARCH PARTY Bollocks, i missed this. Did they not advertise it? SamCaine Recommend? (16) 26 May 2010, 9:12AM Report abuse Clip | Link Nick Frost seemed to me like an over-indulgent clown, rather than John Self. Coming from Frost, Self's casual approach to violence seemed unnatural, and he just doesn't seem like the kind of man that would start a fight, never mind win one. I pitied him much more than I did in the book, but it was the kind of pity I'd give to an injured sparrow, the kind of pity John Self doesn't deserve.
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