The killer inside me – Page to screen book group

Stanley Kubrick is quoted on the cover of The killer inside me saying it’s ’Probably the most chilling and believable first-person story of a criminally warped mind I have ever encountered’. Members of ME4 Readers and The Other Cinema saw the film and read the book at our book group at The Deaf Cat on 2 Oct.

We generally preferred the book to the film – the film was rather heavy handed and dwelled slightly too long on the ultra-violent moments, which seem more like fantasy in the novel. There were some very strong reactions to the film, we decided it had lost a lot in the translation from book to screen – though the performances are good, that the characters lack depth, in particular the protagonist Lou, played by Casey Affleck in the film. In the book his character at least has motives for what he does – not to excuse it - whereas in the film a lot of the back story is cut and makes it a rather confusing plot.  

The next film-book Page to Screen group will be on 27 Nov – when we will be talking about The Girl who played with fire. You can see the film on 18 Nov at The Other Cinema.   

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