Talk:The Bourne Identity (1988 film)

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Contradictory information in the article.
The first paragraph says that the film follows the plot of the book. The second tells you all the ways in which it diverges from the book. Either the first needs to be expanded to say how it is felt that the film and the book coincide, or would it be better to say that it adds little to the information, and remove the notion of fidelity, or at least to temper it somehow (“The film follows the book closely, apart from these following chnages…”). Otherwise it just seems to be contradictory. Jock123 (talk) 11:20, 3 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't really have a problem with this; any movie adaptation (erm... ok, almost any- any movie hopefully) will be an adaptation, an arrangement, not a transcription, and will differ- hopefully in ways that make it a better movie than a wholly, ideally perfect transcription of the original would be (which I expect would be of interest mostly to fans or even fanatics.) That said, this movie may be closer to the novel in plot than the later film is in plot and characterization in many ways (may be anyway?), whatever else may be true about it. So a list of differences would be longer for the 2002 film, not briefer. Schissel | Sound the Note! 03:07, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Carlos, Vietnam, Responsibility
In the novel, Carlos is shown to be responsible for killing Webb's wife and child, which is not the case in the film.

Haven't read the novel, not sure, but just have been watching the 1988 film and a flashback definitely suggests Carlos' responsibility (... aka taking already existing suspension of disbelief (mentioned re this book & movie) and "owning" it, running with it..., being proud of it... Carlos being responsible for Vietnam war bombings that in RL we-the-US were most likely responsible for? Oh-kay...) - but anyhow, to main point I did want to ask - are you positive that sentence wasn't accidentally reversed ("In the film... in the novel", rather than "In the novel... in the film") Schissel | Sound the Note! 03:07, 23 June 2014 (UTC)