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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lydia Spencer-Elliott

Kazuo Ishiguro reveals why he prefers unfaithful film adaptations of his books

Kazuo Ishiguro, the celebrated author who wrote The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017, has revealed he prefers unfaithful adaptations of his novels.

The 70-year-old writer’s Booker Prize-winning drama The Remains of the Day, published in 1989, was adapted by James Ivory in 1993. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Anthony Hopkins and Best Actress for Emma Thompson.

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