No habeas cases to be heard this week. And the court is on vacation next week for an extended pre-fourth of July break, so no preview next week.
After last week's post about Gideon's Trumpet, I started thinking this week about lmy favorite egal books that were turned into movies. The first one that leaped out in my mind was An American Tragedy.
I was always fascinated with the central legal question in the book (and this is kind of a spoiler, so if you haven't read it, don't read on): whether Clyde Griffiths should be guilty of a crime when he sets up the circumstances to murder someone, and then changes his mind and decides not to do it, but then kills the person by accident. Sounds hard to believe, but the book sets it up nicely. What is the person's culpability in that situation? It's a great question. And the book also has some appellate law parts to it, so that's always fun for me to read.
The well-known movie made from the book, A Place in the Sun, was a bit of a disappointment, as are most movies after you have read the book. It doesn't spend too much time on the legal stuff; that part felt kind of rushed from what I remember. Nevertheless, here is the amazing trailer for the movie -- three flaming young stars!:
In my mind, the best movie that was sort of based on the book was Woody Allen's Match Point. True, it's not actually based on the book. But it's essentially the same central plot, even though some of the themes are slightly different (in particular, how much luck plays into things, as discussed in the scene below). I remember walking out of the theater feeling exhilarated after the movie, and that rarely happens. Here's a scene from the movie. Enjoy:
Preview to return the week of July 5. And that will be a big preview.
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