I just finished reading the book & I'm now itching to watch the movie. Admittedly I actually didn't know the movie was based on the book which was written by Michael Ende until I stumbled across it at Kinokuniya yesterday while looking for a kid's birthday present. The book was published in 1979, translated from German in 1983 & the movie was made in 1984 (mostly shot in Germany by the way).I saw the movie on video much later but along with The Sound of Music & The Last Unicorn, The NeverEnding Story was played over & over again on my VCR as a kid. I must've drove my parents nuts.
Anyways, it's great to know that I now have the book which is "Fantastica" by the way (pun intended). I'm picking up The Last Unicorn next at Kinokuniya.
4 comments:
interesting!! Didn't know it was based on a book either. Must get my hands on one too.
it's fabulous! there's a whole different aspect of bastian that was unexplored in the movie. have fun reading it!
I loved the last unicorn! i had it playing over n over too. i also remember wanting to be a unicorn at one point in my childhood life but that's a different story. Had totally forgotten about that movie over the years until i saw your post!!
i think i was like the only kid in my whole kindergarten to have loved it much less watched it! i painted a picture of the unicorn & told my friends & teachers it was the unicorn from the movie & they were like "wha..?" i was oh-so-alone so it's great to hear that someone else out there watched it over & again too! YAY!! haha
p/s: i wanted to be the unicorn too ;)
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