Lang's Scarlet Street is based on "La Chienne" (The Bitch) by Georges de La Fouchardière, a book that also gave birth to Renoir's La Chienne. Do you have Youth without Youth by Coppola, based on Eliade's books in the list? It is far from providing a decent insight in Eliade's life/work (that was my first impression of the movie), but that is beside the point. Peter Delpeut's Forbidden Quest is based on Gordon Pym by Poe, and on elements from Eliot's The Waste Land, though it is not an adaptation as such, more like a reinterpretation. And i STRONGLY recommend La moara cu noroc, based on a classical Romanian work, directed by Dan Pita and Mircea Veroiu, but that is not on mubi, unfortunately.
sorry, i wrote this before i had my coffee. La moara cu noroc was directed by Victor Iliu. Pita & Veroiu directed Nunta de piatra (Stone Wedding), one of its halves is also based on a book by Agarbiceanu. Finally, another Romanian film based on a book: Padurea Spanzuratilor by Liviu Ciulei.
Great list, I'm an avid reader and always fascinated by film adaptations. In fact this list was also really informative as I had no idea that some of my favourite films here - To Live, Red Cliff and Farewell My Concubine - were actually books, so thanks for that. I'd be hard pushed to list my favourite adaptations but right up there is Sense and Sensibility which almost improved on the book ( If that isn't heresy) Death in Venice, The House of Mirth and....I won't go on. Thanks again.
love this .... more Biographies and history and less violence and anger please. we have to deal with enough of that in the world we live in. I also would love to see . films on an about different cultures and look at beautiful sceneries of the planet. very happy about this site. manije
I'm not sure if the list above is arranged according to the original work or the film it's based on, but Nazarín is based on a Spanish novel, not a Mexican one. Incidentally, Pérez-Galdós' 'Tristana' also has an adaptation by Buñuel, though it perhaps wasn't included in this particular poll.
Great list... from Juan Rulfo (the greatest contemporary Mexican writer IMO, although he was not a prolific one) there is a fair adaptation of “Pedro Paramo” (1967) by Carlos Velo that was in competition in Cannes that year, sadly somebody is trying to bring it to life again with Gael Garcia-Bernal as Pedro himself (I guess)... I hope is not a complete let down.
Hi Kim, it's me again... :) Thanks for adding the films I told you about, but I still have another suggestion to make, don't know if you've watched Cocteau's "Les parents terribles", but it's also based on his play of the same name. It's a film I pretty liked. Again, thanks for such a great list. :)
Thank you, Myra, for your suggestions for Norway, Senegal and China. :-) 23 Nov09: Thanks to both Jackstone54 and Apursansar for your recommendations, they were added to the list. Thanks to Drew for your suggestions. (Haneke’s Castle is already on the list as #58) Dimitris, I found Tartuffe on TheAuteurs! Thanks!! :-)
Oh, in terms of Chinese, I suggest: - Zhang Yimou's *To Live*, based on the novel by Yu Hua - Zhang Yimou's *Red Sorghum*, based on the novel by Mo Yan - Zhang Yimou's *The Story of Qiu Ju*, based on the novel _The Wan Family's Lawsuit_ by Chen Yuanbin - Chen Kaige's *Farewell My Concubine*, based on the novel by Lilian Lee That's all I can think of for now for the films that are in the database. :(
How about "Hunger":http://www.theauteurs.com/films/21455 (based on the Knut Hamsun novel)? I would also maybe suggest some of Ousmane Sembène's films, as some were based on his own novels of the same name: "Mandabi":http://www.theauteurs.com/films/20885 "Xala":http://www.theauteurs.com/films/21487
23 Nov09: Thanks to both Jackstone54 and Apursansar for your recommendations, they were added to the list. Thanks to Drew for your suggestions. (Haneke’s Castle is already on the list as #58) Dimitris, I found Tartuffe on TheAuteurs! Thanks!! :-)
How about Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and Kazan's East of Eden? Oh and also Haneke's The Castle,
basically every Shakespeare,Moliere,Ibsen,Wilde,Chekhov and of other theatrical authors adaptations :) (although Flixster only has Tartuffe so far,damn them)
Some really interesting titles, Bresson also adapted a second novel by Bernanos with "Mouchette". And Kurosawa´s "Throne of Blood" comes to mind.
