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gloria monti <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 29 Jan 1998 17:55:31 -0400
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>If you're doing an adaptation of THE STRANGER, you might want to check out
>James M. Cain's THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, which Camus reportedly said
>inspired him to write THE STRANGER.
 
>Kevin
 
 
        Interesting intertextual connection here.  Visconti's first film,
*Ossessione* (1942) is an adaptation of Cain's novel.
        For a brief account of *Lo Straniero,* see Donald Dewey's *Marcello
Mastroianni: His Life and Art* (1993).  Pages: 175-179.
 
        Gloria Monti
 
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