ABOUT ADAPTING CONRAD’S PROSE TO FILM
ABOUT ADAPTING CONRAD’S PROSE TO FILM
Author(s): Joanna SkolikSubject(s): Polish Literature, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Theory of Literature, British Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Joseph Conrad; film adaptation; semantic dominant; “The Secret Sharer”; Apocalypse Now;
Summary/Abstract: On the example of Apocalypse Now by F. F. Coppola, Heart of Darkness by N. Roeg, The Duellists by R. Scott, The Shadow Line by A. Wajda, and Secret Sharer by P. Fudakowski, I would like to show that Joseph Conrad’s prose is a cinematic trap for film directors. This being so, I attempt to answer the question as to why it is so difficult to make a film of something that is so cinematic, when it is being read, and why film adaptations that closely follow Conrad’s narratives are less Conradian than films which are “merely” inspired by Conrad’s works.
Journal: Yearbook of Conrad Studies (Poland)
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: XIV
- Page Range: 93-107
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English