Adaptation theory and criticism postmodern literature and cinema in the USA
Traditional critics of film adaptation generally assumed a) that the written text is better than the film adaptation because the plot is more intricate and the language richer when pictorial images do not intrude; b) that films are better when particularly faithful to the original; c) that authors d...
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Bloomsbury
2014
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Add Tag | Summary: | Traditional critics of film adaptation generally assumed a) that the written text is better than the film adaptation because the plot is more intricate and the language richer when pictorial images do not intrude; b) that films are better when particularly faithful to the original; c) that authors do not make good script writers and should not sully their imagination by writing film scripts; d) and often that American films lack the complexity of authored texts because they are sourced out of Hollywood. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 275 pages : illustrations 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 255 - 269) and index |
| ISBN: | 9781623560287 1623560284 (hbk.) |
Adaptation theory and criticism postmodern literature and cinema in the USA