"It wasn't as good as the book;" this is the response to many a film adaptation, and even the starting point of many film reviews. This book offers the first systematic theoretical account of the process by which the great (and not so great) works of literature are transformed into the good, bad (sometimes ugly), but always distinctive medium of cinema. Drawing on recent literary and film theory, Mcfarlane provides careful analysis of the theory and practice of metamorphosis. The Scarlet Letter, Random Harvest, Great Expectations, Daisy Miller, and Cape Fear provide case studies for a range of fictional and cinematic practices.

Novel to Film: An Introduction to the Theory of Adaptation

Humor & Entertainment

McFarlane, Brian

Movies

Clarendon Press

`It wasn't as good as the book' - this is the response to many a film adaptation, and even the starting point of many film reviews. Novel into Film is the first sytematic theoretical account of the process by which the great (and not so great) works of literature are transformed into the good, bad (sometimes ugly) but always distinctive medium of cinema. Drawing upon recent relevant literay and film theory, the book provides careful analysis of the theory and practice of metamorphosis. The Scarlet Letter, Random Harvest, Great Expectations, Daisy Miller and Cape Fear provide case studies which represent a range of fiction and cinematic practice.

Oxford University Press

An Autobiography of British Cinema tell the story of British film by those who made it.

Autobiography Of British Cinema (Methuen Film)

Methuen Publishing, Ltd.

A comprehensive history of the British film industry from its inception to the present day, with minute listings of the producers, directors, actors, and studios behind a century of great British cinema. Brian McFarlane's meticulously researched guide is the most authoritative book yet produced on the people involved in British Film. Published in association with the British Film Institute, this unparalleled volume is fully illustrated with numerous rare black and white photos of film stars and filmmakers from the 1920s to the present day. The end result is an invaluable addition to the reference shelf of anyone with an interest in British cinema.
Brian McFarlane is professor of film history at Monash University in Australia.

Encyclopedia of British Film (Methuen Film)

Slide, Anthony

Fully updated edition of a comprehensive history of the British film industry from its inception to the present day, with minute listings of the producers, directors, actors and studios behind a century or so of great British cinema. An invaluable addition to the reference shelf of anyone with an interest in British cinema. Brian McFarlane is professor of film history at Monash University in Australia.

The Encyclopedia of British Film: Second Edition

This book represents a new way of thinking about Australian cinema by asking where the origins of the new film lie. It begins by tracing the indebtedness of Australian cinema to the classical narrative style of Hollywood filmmaking, with its firm grasp of melodrama. Several films are studied in detail within this framework, including Picnic at Hanging Rock, Blood Oath, The Empty Beach, and Shame. The book continues by comparing the problems faced by "high" British cinema of the 1940s and 1950s with those faced by Australian cinema of the 1970s and the 1980s in the attempts by both countries to establish national film industries. Many parallels are drawn between the responses of British and Australian cinema to the overall dominance of Hollywood, despite the thirty-year gap between these two periods of filmmaking.

New Australian Cinema: Sources and Parallels in American and British Film

Mayer, Geoff

Cambridge University Press

New Australian Cinema: Sources and Parallels in American and British Film (Cambridge Studies in the History of Mass Communications)

Surveys the sport of hockey, covering its history, equipment, techniques, players, and more

Hockey for Kids: Heroes, Tips, and Facts

Children's Books

Sports & Outdoors

Demco Media

The Stanley Cup: The Story of the Men and the Teams Who for a Half a Century Have Fought for Hockey's Most Prized Trophy

Scribner

History of the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup Tournament.

The Stanley cup;: The story of the men and the teams who for over three-quarters of a century have fought for hockey's most prized trophy

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Novel to Film: An Introduction to the Theory of Adaptation

Novel to Film: An Introduction to the Theory of Adaptation

Autobiography Of British Cinema (Methuen Film)

Encyclopedia of British Film (Methuen Film)

The Encyclopedia of British Film: Second Edition

New Australian Cinema: Sources and Parallels in American and British Film

New Australian Cinema: Sources and Parallels in American and British Film (Cambridge Studies in the History of Mass Communications)

Hockey for Kids: Heroes, Tips, and Facts

The Stanley Cup: The Story of the Men and the Teams Who for a Half a Century Have Fought for Hockey's Most Prized Trophy

The Stanley cup;: The story of the men and the teams who for over three-quarters of a century have fought for hockey's most prized trophy