Remembering the English Patient

Punching "Ondaatje" into google search brought me to this interview with Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient. I considered that one of the best books I ever read at the time. I remember liking the movie, but feeling like too much was missed. This interview touches on the differences of film and print as media in general and on Ondaatje's story in particular.

I also remember my friend Charles, in an apartment in Sarajevo, who had just seen Casablanca again not long after viewing The English Patient, saying the difference was (forgive me for messing up the quote) "The problems of 3 people don't add up to a hill of beans." and "Compare to the problems of 3 people, the rest of the world doesn't add up to a hill of beans."