{"product_id":"john-huston-as-adaptor-1","title":"John Huston as Adaptor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues that understanding Huston's film adaptations of literary works is essential to understanding his oeuvre as a filmmaker.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Huston as Adaptor\u003c\/i\u003e makes the case that adaptation is the salient element in Huston's identity as a filmmaker and that his early and deep attraction to the experience of reading informed his approach to film adaptation. Thirty-four of Huston's thirty-seven films were adaptations of literary texts, and they stand as serious interpretations of literary works that could only be made by an astute reader of literature. Indeed, Huston asserted that a film director should be above all else a reader and that reading itself should be the intellectual and emotional basis for filmmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seventeen essays in this volume not only address Huston as an adaptor, but also offer an approach to adaptation studies that has been largely overlooked. How an adaptor reads, the works to which he is drawn, and how his literary interpretations can be brought to the screen without relegating film to a subservient role are some of the issues addressed by the contributors. An introductory chapter identifies Huston as the quintessential Hollywood adaptor and argues that his skill at adaptation is the mark of his authorial signature. The chapters that follow focus on fifteen of Huston's most important films, including \u003ci\u003eThe Maltese Falcon\u003c\/i\u003e (1941), \u003ci\u003eThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre\u003c\/i\u003e (1948), \u003ci\u003eThe African Queen\u003c\/i\u003e (1951), \u003ci\u003eThe Night of the Iguana\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eUnder the Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), and \u003ci\u003eThe Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), and are divided into three areas: aesthetics and textuality; history and social context; and theory and psychoanalysis. By offering a more comprehensive account of the centrality of adaptation to Huston's films, \u003ci\u003eJohn Huston as Adaptor\u003c\/i\u003e offers a greater understanding of Huston as a filmmaker.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54410475700568,"sku":"9781438463728","price":36.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781438463728_a7769659-a40a-4d40-9826-b64106b3a407.jpg?v=1777896068","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/john-huston-as-adaptor-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}