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Ira Joel Haber <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 10:39:26 EST
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In a message dated 03/22/2000 9:23:50 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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<<True enough.  But at some point, at least, a film must be viewed
 within its own context -- exclusive of source material.  And it must
 be allowed that the experience of the film as secondary medium
 (i.e., adaptation from a primary source) is not necessarily superior
 to the experience of the film as sole medium.
  >>
So? What does this have to do with the view that Monty Clift in A Place In
The Sun is evil. And who said anything about the film "A Place In The Sun"
being superior (or inferior) for that matter to the novel that it was adapted
from.

Ira Joel Haber
Cinemage Books

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