Daniel Robert Epstein: Tom Tykwer

DANIEL ROBERT EPSTEIN: Tom Tykwer

The closest we have ever got to experiencing smell in a movie is when John Waters’ Polyester was released in “odorama” and people were given scratch and sniff cards when they came to the theatre. But much like the original novel of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, the film adaptation directed by Tom Tykwer does an amazing job of describing and presenting what the smells in the movie might be. You can sniff the stink in the air when the main character of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born into the 18th-century...

one of my favorite books. wonderfully lyrical. useless factoid: inspiration for the song 'scentless apprentice' by nirvana. dreading the movie, though, but i have been suprised by how good some adaptations have been

Don't dread the movie, Tykwer is a cinematic wizard. The Princess and the Warrior is probably a better material for judging his work than Run, Lola, Run.

i haven't seen princess and the warrior, but i'll check it out. run, lola, run... that movie was ok.

i mean, i'll still see it. i know tons of folks have talked about making this book into a movie over the years. it was just kind of a shock seeing that interview on the front page.

I loved the book! Can't wait to see how the movie turns out!