Literature into Film(1st Edition) Theory And Practical Approaches by Linda Costanzo Cahir, JamesM. Welsh Paperback, 315 Pages, Published 2006 by Mcfarland & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-2597-6, ISBN: 0-7864-2597-0
"From examinations of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, The Literature Film Reader: Issues of Adaptation covers a wide range of films adapted from other sources. The first section presents essays on the hows and whys of adaptation studies, and subsequent sections highlight films adapted from a variety of sources, including classic and popular literature, drama, biography, and memoir. The last section of ..."
"In Duras's text, the trip in the truck (one of Duras's most original films is entitled Le
Camion, The Truck) that carries the narrator and his girlfriend from Pisa to
Florence initiates the narrator to the glories of Rocca and the "beautiful American
woman" with the yacht. Several days later, they expend Herculean amounts of
energy just to get to Rocca (it is 1947, and the trains are jammed); they never get
on the train. The scenes ..."
"One of the great pleasures of moviegoing is seeing a beloved novel adapted for the screen; one of the big delights of novel reading is encountering a book that has been made into a favorite film. The Encyclopedia of Novels into Films is an expansive volume that will guide you through the rich history of film adaptation. Each entry falls into two parts: the first describes the original novel; the second assesses the film it inspired. Par ..."
Ben Jonson A Quadricentennial Bibliography, 1947-1972 by D.Heyward Brock, JamesM.: Welsh Hardcover, 166 Pages, Published 1974 by Scarecrow Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-0710-5, ISBN: 0-8108-0710-6
"His costume is a superb collection of dark vest, bolero pants, botas de potro
boots, tirador spangled leather belt, whips, and coiled bolas. This is a man who
lives only in the present and who answers to no belief or dogma other than his
owns: “Yesterday was yesterday. Today is today. There is no tomorrow until it's
today.” He is first introduced by the simple title, Far in the North, an outlaw—
Nothing more is needed. Or given. Hi ..."