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JG Ballard On Film, Online

Here are a couple films related to or adapting the work of JG Ballard, whose superb novels Empire of the Sun and Crash have been made into pretty good films by, respectively, Steven Spielberg and David Cronenberg.

The first, J.G. Ballard - Shanghai Jim, is a 1991 BBC documentary about the author and his remarkable life.

The second is a 1971 interpretation of his daring novel, Crash. The short (and much discussion regarding it and its source novel) can be seen here. Incidentally, the film features Gabrielle Drake, who was the star of Gerry (Thunderbirds) Anderson’s science-fiction series UFO and was, also, the sister of Nick Drake.

This entry was posted by Jeffrey on Monday, November 12th, 2007 at 2:41 am and is filed under Documentaries, Movies, Short Films, Writers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “JG Ballard On Film, Online”

  1. Tyler Says:
    November 12th, 2007 at 2:48 am

    Oddly enough, the film version of Crash was walked out on by one of the readers from EW’s list. Who’d have thunk that Christian Bale would come so far from EotS?

  2. simon Says:
    November 12th, 2007 at 3:50 am

    thanks for the link to the crash! discussion. by the way, we also feature in-depth analysis of shanghai jim:
    http://www.ballardian.com/shanghai-jim-form-dictated-by-time

    simon

  3. Jeffrey Says:
    November 12th, 2007 at 4:43 am

    Excellent, thanks!

    “Ballardian” is a must read, even for those unfamiliar with Ballard’s work. It’s daily fascinating stuff for anyone interested in our strange, absurd world.

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