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Adaptation and the Avant-Garde: Alternative Perspectives on Adaptation Theory and Practice

Autor William Verrone
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 mai 2013
Adaptations have occurred regularly since the beginning of cinema, but little recognition has been given to avant-garde adaptations of literary or other texts. This compelling study corrects such omissions by detailing the theory and practice of alternative adaptation practices from major avant-garde directors. Avant-Garde films are often relegated to the margins because they challenge our traditional notions of what film form and style can accomplish. Directors who choose to adapt previous material run the risk of severe critical dismay; making films that are highly subjective interpretations or representations of existing texts takes courage and foresight. An avant-garde adaptation provokes spectators by making them re-think what they know about film itself, just as much as the previous source material.Adaptation and the Avant-Garde examines films by Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard, Guy Maddin, Jan Svankmajer and many others, offering illuminating insights and making us reconsider the nature of adaptation, appropriation, borrowing, and the re-imagining of previous sources.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781623562885
ISBN-10: 1623562880
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Includes close readings of films by Greenaway, Pasolini, Kieslowski and Godard, among others

Notă biografică

William Verrone is Assistant Professor of Film and Literature at the University of North Alabama. He has published on a wide range of subjects, from Disney to Nick Cave and from Terry Gilliam to Ken Russell.

Cuprins

IntroductionPart IChapter 1: Defining the Avant-Garde Film Chapter 2: Adaptation Theory and Practice Chapter 3: Appropriation Chapter 4: The Exploitative AdaptationChapter 5: Why Avant-garde?Part IIChapter 6: A Brief Narrative History of Avant-Garde Adaptation or, Some Instances of Avant-Garde AdaptationPart III - Case Studies Chapter 7: The Fall of the House of Usher Chapter 8: Scorpio RisingChapter 9: Fruit of ParadiseChapter 10: Hitler, A Film from GermanyChapter 11: Street of CrocodilesChapter 12: The Dante QuartetChapter 13: AliceChapter 14: Prospero's BooksChapter 15: Wisconsin Death TripChapter 16: Specters of the SpectrumChapter 17: Dracula, Pages from a Virgin's DiaryConclusionAppendix: Some Avant-Garde AdaptationsBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

With a certain amount of historical irony, adaptation studies have, in recent years, become a subtle, dynamic, and complex centerpiece in contemporary film and media studies. As the range of this work expands, new areas and issues continue to be explored, and Verrone's wide-ranging study of adaptation and the avant-garde is a long needed and exciting contribution to the intellectual energy of the field.

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Providing a fresh angle on adaptation studies, this study looks at how avant-garde directors and filmmakers have treated literary works in distinct ways. It examines films by Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard, Guy Maddin, Jan Svankmajer and many others.