Writer and executive producer Luke Davies first read Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22” as an assignment in high school. He fell in love with the “wild comedy” of the tone, as well as the lead character Yossarian, who “was trying to weave his way through this insane situation” in war. After more than a decade in Hollywood, Davies got the chance to adapt the novel. “My aim and my ambition was, ‘Would it be possible to keep the tone of the kind of anarchic black comedy, but also create a narrative series that had an emotional journey?’” Davies says.
Letting the Story Unfold Linearly
The narrative of Heller’s novel, as well as Mike Nichols’ 1970 big-screen adaptation, is “all over the place in radical time jumps,” Davies says. It is Heller’s way of controlling “literary time, which is like a kaleidoscope,” while Davies and his co-writer David Michod wanted to...
Letting the Story Unfold Linearly
The narrative of Heller’s novel, as well as Mike Nichols’ 1970 big-screen adaptation, is “all over the place in radical time jumps,” Davies says. It is Heller’s way of controlling “literary time, which is like a kaleidoscope,” while Davies and his co-writer David Michod wanted to...
- 6/6/2019
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
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