Novels into Film
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 080187386X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 251 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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(American Scholar)An excellent and stimulating study A brilliant critical essay on the limits of the novel and the limits of the film His most important accomplishment is to integrate the critical approach to these varying forms: one respectable, dignified, accepted; the other young, often brash, fighting for recognition. (Los Angeles Times) . Dr. Bluestone believes that the film is independent, free to add that new ending or to leave several characters on the cutting room floor. Bluestone has respect for
"An excellent read!" according to Whit. Novels Into Film is an excellent academic study of how great literature becomes great cinema. I would highly recommend it anyone interested in screenwriting and/or the history of filmmaking.. Five Stars Sonia very good
George Bluestone is professor emeritus of film at Boston University.
Based on both in-depth research into film archives and libraries and on interviews with the screenwriters, directors, and producers who worked on these films, Novels into Film concludes that because the novel lends itself to states of consciousness and the film to observed reality, the adaptation of one from the other produces a new and wholly autonomous art form.. First published in 1957, this seminal work of film theory analyzes the process"the mysterious alchemy"by which novels are transformed into films. Beginning with a discussion of the aesthetic limits of both the novel and the film, George Bluestone goes on to offer close readings of six films based on novels of serious literary merit The Informer, Wuthering Heights, The Grapes of Wrath, Pride and Prejudice, The Ox-Bow Incident, and Madame Bovaryfocusing on the additions, deletions, and othe