![]() ![]() Also, for a guy like me who basically spends his time alone in front of his computer, it’s cool to get out on the set. ![]() My concern was that they get the heart of the book right, and I think they did get the heart of the book right. I think Simon Curtis, the director, made great choices. You’ve got a 360 page book and a 93 minute movie-something going to change. Of course, it’s an adaptation, and with an adaptation everything isn’t going to be exactly the same. GS: Kind of cool, you know! There’s something fun about Hollywood. What was it like to have your book turned into a movie? PF: I’m a big fan of your book and I love the movie. And I thought, that’s how I could write this story, from a dog’s point of view. ![]() Years later I heard Billy Collins read a poem, The Revenant, he had written from a dog’s point of view. I thought that was interesting, how could I use that? But I didn’t know exactly how I could work it into a story. Their belief was that the next incarnation for a dog would be as a person. One of the inspirations for the book came when I saw a documentary film called State of Dogs which was set in Mongolia. GS: It didn’t come about from any one place. PF: How did the story for The Art of Racing in the Rain come about? ![]()
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