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On the Road (2012): Film vs Book
Film · 2012 · Directed by Walter Salles · Starring Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart
About the film
A young writer and his friends travel across America and Mexico in search of freedom, music and experience.
How close is it to the book?
Close to the bookThe film follows the spirit and route of the novel and gives its characters faces and landscapes, but it cannot copy the famously fast, flowing prose.
Read or watch first?
The book's long sentences are the main reason to read it.
What the book gives you
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
The rush of the open road, spontaneous friendships and the spirit of adventure.
Who will like it: Readers who dream of freedom, road trips and living fully.