Radical Adaptations: Reimagining the novel for the screen
A Book/Movie Discussion Group
Sundays – April 6, April 20, May 4, 2025
1pm-2:30pm ET
Online via Zoom
about
It’s an old adage that the film is never as good as the book.
But what if the film completely reimagines the novel for a contemporary film audience?
What if the film brings new storytelling approaches and dimensions to the novel’s template?
how it works
Together, we will read three short novels, watch a radical film adaptation of each book, and discuss how each book was adapted and reimagined for the screen.
The discussions will be recorded and the recordings will be available to all participants.
Cost: $150 USD
what you'll read and watch
Session #1: Read The Fire Inside (1931) by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle; Watch Oslo, August 31st (Norway, 2011)
The story of a heroin addict in 1930s Paris gets transported to 2010s Oslo and the story of an entire generation in that city at that time.
Session #2: Read Strangers (1987) by Taichi Yamada; Watch All of Us Strangers (UK, 2023).
A conventional ghost story about a man in Tokyo becomes a queer coming-out story in London minus the overt horror elements.
Session #3: Read Fabian: The Story of a Moralist (1931) by Erich Kastner. Watch Fabian: Going to the Dogs (Germany, 2021), written and directed by Dominik Graf
A short novel written and set in 1930s Berlin and thought to be unfilmable becomes one of the most inventive movies of this decade.
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