Adapting The Book Thief

I think some challenges that a filmmaker would have in adapting The Book Thief is when death pulls you out of the story and helps explain some things to you. He pulls you out for a second just so you have a better understanding but in a movie it would be hard to show that because of the way the author has it happen. One scene that needs to be included is when Liesel finds the gravediggers hand book because that is what the story stems off of. Another scene that needs to be in the movie is when Liesel goes to her new family’s house, because if she hadn’t gone there, none of this would have happened. The 3^rd scene I think that should be included is when Liesel wets the bed and her dad helps her. They are changing the sheets when the book falls out and he picks it up and asks her if she wants to read it. This is important because now Liesel will know what the book is about.

One thing I wouldn’t include in the movie is when Liesel and her mom go to collect the people’s laundry. I think it would be okay to show it, just not in full detail. Another scene I would cut is when Rudy Steiner pretends to be Jesse Owens and runs around the street. This really isn’t that important to the story and what the story is really about.