Title: Adaptation and the avant-garde : alternative perspectives on adaptation theory and practice /
Authors: Verrone, William.
Publisher: Continuum,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Film adaptations History and criticism; Experimental films History and criticism.
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 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 -- Specters of the spectrum -- Dracula, pages from a virgin's diary -- Conclusion.