MCLC: film adaptation course (6,7,8)

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Keijser, A.S. <A.S.Keijser at hum.leidenuniv.nl>
Subject: film adaptation course (6)
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In response to He Donghui's inquiry:

 
More films that might work:

- Camel Xiangzi (1984), directed by Ling Zifeng, based on Lao She's novel
- Hibiscus Town (1986), directed by Xie Jin, based on Gu Hua's novel
- Happy Times (2000), directed by Zhang Yimou, based on Mo Yan's short
story "Shifu, you'll do anything for a laugh".

 
A fairly recent film (2007) that my students love to discuss is Lust,
Caution by Ang Lee, based on Eileen Chang's short novel.

 
Best,

Anne Keijser
Leiden University

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From: Milena de Moura <gargalharbarroco at gmail.com>
Subject: film adaptation course (7)

Hi, I found some time ago a quite interesting dissertation about the
subject, "Trans-media Strategies of Appropriation, Narrativization, and
Visualization:Adaptations of Literature in a Century of Chinese Cinema".
It's written by Liyan Qin and I downloaded it in the Electronic Theses and
Dissertations - UC San Diego.

Milena de Moura Barba

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From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: film adaptation course (8)

Of course, in terms of studies of Chinese film adaptation, the preeminent
work is: 

Hsiu-Chuang Deppman, Adapted for the Screen: The Cultural Politics of
Modern Chinese Fiction and Film (University of Hawaii Press, 2010)

http://www.amazon.com/Adapted-Screen-Hsiu-Chuang-Deppman/dp/0824834542

Also, to chime in about Taiwan, I find Hou Hsiao-hisen's 1983 adaptation
of "Sandwich Man" (儿子的大玩偶), by Huang Chunming, quite good. The film is
The first part of a three-part portmanteau film.

Kirk