I watched Frances Ha at the wrong time in my life; I was too young to quite get the character. I didn’t understand her, why she wasn’t aware of the incredibly embarrassing things she was saying, why she went to Paris, and why she couldn’t accept the strain in her relationship with her friend Sophie…. Read more »
Tag: adaptations
Monthly Movie Round-Up: November
Every month, Establishing Shot brings you a selection of films from our group of regular bloggers. Even though these films aren’t currently being screened at the IU Cinema, this series reflects the varied programming that can be found at the Cinema and demonstrates the eclectic tastes of the bloggers. Each contributor has picked one film that they… Read more »
Kerouac at 100
Guest post by Joan Hawkins. “Who chose his words from mouths of babes got lost in the wood. Hip-flask-slinging madmen, steaming café flirts. They all spoke through you.” — “Hey Jack Kerouac,” Natalie Merchant and Robert Buck Remember the story of King Midas. He was granted a wish and without thinking it through, he asked that… Read more »
“Ancient Grudge to New Mutiny”: How Romeo and Juliet (1968) and Romeo + Juliet (1996) Create Cinematic Adaptations of a Classic Text
One of the many things that is fascinating to me about cinema is what happens when artists tell the same story in different ways. I love how they make bold choices when adapting a work of art which causes it to feel original and fresh, while at the same time honoring the qualities which made… Read more »
Monthly Movie Round-Up: March
Every month, A Place for Film brings you a selection of films from our group of regular bloggers. Even though these films aren’t currently being screened at the IU Cinema, this series reflects the varied programming that can be found at the Cinema and demonstrates the eclectic tastes of the bloggers. Each contributor has picked one film… Read more »
Approaching Adaptation: JEKYLL & HYDE on Screen
Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is one of those richly polyvalent works that, like Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963), deploys a central conceptual image variable enough to acquire a startling metaphorical complexity. The dual and divisible image of human nature at the heart of Stevenson’s work… Read more »