I felt strong, immediate disagreement with “Films and television are more complete than novels because everything is visual and audible.“ I think I understand the argument, but I’ve read many novels that felt much more complete than any movie I’ve ever seen.
I think I might not be a visually oriented person, so that could be why the “feeling” of the world is far more important to me than the “look”.
But I think it also comes down to time. A movie is 2-3 hours tops, whereas a book can easily stretch over weeks (though obviously not of constant reading) and I think that makes the difference for me. Time to stay in the world makes it feel more complete.
Interesting axes to think about fiction.
I felt strong, immediate disagreement with “Films and television are more complete than novels because everything is visual and audible.“ I think I understand the argument, but I’ve read many novels that felt much more complete than any movie I’ve ever seen.
I think I might not be a visually oriented person, so that could be why the “feeling” of the world is far more important to me than the “look”.
But I think it also comes down to time. A movie is 2-3 hours tops, whereas a book can easily stretch over weeks (though obviously not of constant reading) and I think that makes the difference for me. Time to stay in the world makes it feel more complete.