John Huston as adaptor
by King, Wesley McFarland, Douglas
John Huston as Adaptor makes the case that adaptation is the salient element in Huston's identity as a filmmaker and that his early and deep attraction to the experience of reading informed his approach to film adaptation. Thirty-four of Huston's thirty-seven films were adaptations of literary texts, and they stand as serious interpretations of literary works that could only be made by an astute reader of literature. Indeed, Huston asserted that a film director should be above all else as reade…
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John Huston as Adaptor makes the case that adaptation is the salient element in Huston's identity as a filmmaker and that his early and deep attraction to the experience of reading informed his approach to film adaptation. Thirty-four of Huston's thirty-seven films were adaptations of literary texts, and they stand as serious interpretations of literary works that could only be made by an astute reader of literature. Indeed, Huston asserted that a film director should be above all else as reader and that reading itself should be the intellectual and emotional basis for filmmaking--back cover.
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- Publication Date:©2017
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):State University of New York Press
- Place of Publication:Albany
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2017
The Physical Object
- Description:xix, 305 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781438463735, 1438463731, 1438463723, 9781438463728
- oclc:ocn958141050
- LC Classification:PN1998.3.H87
- Dewey Decimal:791.4302/33092
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