Descript |
vi, 275 p. ; 24 cm. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Defining the avant-garde film -- Adaptation theory and practice -- Appropriation -- The exploitative adaptation -- Why avant-garde? -- A brief narrative history of avant-garde film adaptation or, some instances of avant-garde adaptation -- Case studies. The fall of the house of Usher -- Scorpio rising -- Fruit of paradise -- Hitler, a film from Germany -- Street of crocodiles -- The Dante quartet -- Alice -- Prospero's books -- Wisconsin death trip -- Spectres of the spectrum -- Dracula, pages from a virgin's diary -- Conclusion. |
ISBN |
9781441163523 (hbk.) |
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1441163522 (hbk.) |
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