Brighton Rock writer-director shares his dos and don'ts of adapting a novel for the movies

The novel Brighton Rock, written by Graham Greene in 1938, is one of the most cherished classics of British 20th-century fiction. Ten years later it was adapted by Greene himself into what is widely regarded as the one of the best British films ever made. So why did I adapt the book again? The truth is, there were lots of reasons. Some were sound, some were quite irrational. In retrospect, this is the “advice” I would hesitantly give to anyone considering adapting a book for the big screen.

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