Film Adaptation (Depth of Film Series)
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From the Back Cover
Some of the earliest feature films were derived from classic literature. Even today, most of the movies we see are adaptations of one kind or another. People who have never read Jane Austen can see her characters on the screen; but filmgoers can also see materials taken from theater, television, comic books, and every other medium.
The essays in this volume, most of which have never before been published, raise fundamental questions about cinema and adaptation; what is the nature of the "literary' and the "cinematic"? Why do so many of the films described as adaptations seem to derive from canonical literature rather that from other sources? How do the different media affect the ways stories are told?
Film Adaptations offers fresh approaches to the art, theory, and cultural politics of movie adaptations, even challenging what is meant by the term "adaptation" itself. Contributors examine the process of adaptation in both theory and practice, discussing a wide variety of films. James Naremore's introduction provides an accessible historical overview of the field and reveals the importance of adaptation study to the many different academic disciplines now attracted to the analysis of film as commodity, document, and cultural artifact.
About the Author
James Naremore is Chancellor's Professor of Communication and Culture at Indiana University. He has edited "North by Northwest" (Rutgers University Press) and is the author of "The Magic World of Orson Welles", "Acting in the Cinema", and "More than Night: Film Noir in its Contexts."
Film Adaptation (Depth of Film Series),James Naremore,Rutgers University Press,0813528143,Film & Video - General,Film & Video - History & Criticism,Film adaptations,Motion pictures and literature,Performing Arts,Performing Arts/Dance,Pop Arts / Pop Culture
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