Well, there was Woody Allen's take on

Casablanca, Play It Again Sam, which I guess

was a film at one remove, so to speak. It began

life as a stage play.



Cheers,



Wayne Daniels



>>> gloria monti <[log in to unmask]>

12/21/98 10:12pm >>>

        Here's a query from one of my students?

Any ideas?



        Gloria Monti





>       books have been adapted

>       for the stage, for the screen,

>       plays themselves have been

>       made into films - it seems

>       like this is mostly a

>       one way street, in the

>       direction of films.

>       i was wondering

>       if a film was ever

>       adapted into a play

>

>       last night i was watching fassbinder's

>       the bitter tears of petra von kant,

>       and it struck me that it could

>       easily be a piece of theater,

>       where expressive lighting shifts

>       could replace the shifts in the

>       plane of focus.

>

>       i dont know if adapting a film

>       into a play could accomplish

>       something beyond being a novelty.

>

>       id be interested in hearing about

>       similar attempts if anyone knows

>       of any.

>

>regards

>       hrishikesh

>



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