From MSU Today on Impact Radio: Mark Marabate was raised in Michigan and now makes his living as a screenwriter in Hollywood. He talks about how books translate to the big screen.

Marabate talks about his experiences working for various film companies on the west coast and explores the ways that books become films, using examples from “The DaVinci Code,” “Angels and Demons,” “Twilight” and “No Country for Old Men.”

“Books and films have always gone hand in hand,” Marabate said. “To understand how books are turned into movies is really a way to understand the thought process of Hollywood itself.

“Hollywood is a bubble, but the decisions made there effect millions of people, and learning how and why they make those decisions may influence others.”

Marabate visited East Lansing in conjunction with this year’s One Book, One Community program.

Hosted by Russ White.

Hear the Conversation 27:28 – 15.8 mb mp3