J.D. Salinger's famous novel continues to remain untouched by filmmakers.
The Big Picture Michael Eisner was Disney’s CEO during the late 1980s. Eisner was a big fan of J.D. Salinger’s novel Catcher in the Rye, so much so that he wanted Disney to adapt the novel into a movie. However, film producer Don Hahn told Eisner the cold hard truth that Salinger was never going to sell the rights of his book to anybody.
What's Special About 'Catcher in the Rye'? Firstly, the vast majority of Catcher in the Rye is set in Manhattan, which is already a green flag for a filmmaker as the story is heavy on detail and visuals. Holden Caulfield wanders through the city, battling his loneliness by striking up conversations with strangers but then hating them upon realizing that they’re all phonies. Through Caulfield’s eyes, everything is a contradiction, including Manhattan.
Like many coming-of-age stories, the underlying theme of Catcher in the Rye deals with Caulfield’s fear of growing up. How Caulfield pinballs around Manhattan is a representation of the limbo state that he is stuck in, going back and forth between a desire for maturity and a longing for his childhood innocence. He struggles to navigate the chasm between adolescence and adulthood and this causes him to rebel.
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