| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Mildred Pierce : a troublesome property to script / Albert J. Lavalley -- Hitchcock and his writers : authorship and authority in adaption / Thomas Leitch -- From Traumnovelle (1927) to script to screen : Eyes wide shut (1999) / Jack Boozer -- Private knowledge, public space : investigation and navigation in Devil in a blue dress / Mark L. Berrettini -- "Strange and new-- " : subjectivity and the ineffable in The sweet hereafter / Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz -- Adaptation as adaptation : from Susan Orlean's The orchid thief to Charlie (and "Donald") Kaufman's screenplay to Spike Jonze's film / Frank P. Tomasulo -- From obtrusive narration to crosscutting : adapting the doubleness of John Fowles's The French lieutenant's woman / R. Barton Palmer -- The three faces of Lolita, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the adaptation / Rebecca Bell-Metereau -- Traffic/Traffik : race, globalization, and family in Soderbergh's remake / Mark Gallagher -- Adapting Nick Hornby's High fidelity : process and sexual politics / Cynthia Lucia -- Adaptable Bridget : generic intertextuality and postfeminism in Bridget Jones's diary / Shelley Cobb -- "Who's your favorite Indian?" : the politics of representation in Sherman Alexie's short stories and screenplay / Elaine Roth. |
| Summary |
Opening a new area in the study of film adaptation, 12 scholars investigate the crucial role of the screenplay in transforming written narratives into film. |
| Subject |
Film adaptations.
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Motion picture authorship.
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| Added Author |
Boozer, Jack, 1944-
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| ISBN |
9780292702851 cloth alkaline paper |
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029270285X cloth alkaline paper |
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9780292718531 paperback alkaline paper |
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0292718535 paperback alkaline paper |
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