THEME EXPLORATION

classic literature adaptation

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa
I racconti di Canterbury
I racconti di Canterbury
1972 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir
A TV Dante
A TV Dante
1990 · Peter Greenaway
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
1944 · Chuck Jones
Three's Company
Three's Company
1953 · Terence Fisher
Have You Got Any Castles ?
Have You Got Any Castles ?
1938 · Frank Tashlin
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
1933 · Wilfred Jackson
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
2008 · Alexander Kluge
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joe Wright United Kingdom

He has repeatedly adapted classic literature with visually inventive cinematography, including Pride and Prejudice, The Soloist, and Anna Karenina, bringing literary narratives to cinematic life through innovative staging.

 Yorgos Lanthimos Greece

He brings unconventional, psychologically complex interpretations to literary adaptations such as The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Poor Things, challenging traditional narrative structures.