THEME EXPLORATION

Classic literature adaptation

30 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
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
Barbe bleue
Barbe bleue
2009 · Catherine Breillat
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
End of the Lonely Farm Berhof
1984 · Jiří Svoboda
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
Nowhere in Africa
Nowhere in Africa
2002 · Caroline Link
Gaayapadda Simham
Gaayapadda Simham
2026 · Kasyap Sreenivas
Toy Story 5
Toy Story 5
2026 · Andrew Stanton
Second Life
Second Life
2026 · An Ching-hung
Copie conforme
Copie conforme
2010 · Abbas Kiarostami
Glumov's Diary
Glumov's Diary
1923 · Sergei Eisenstein
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
1963 · Bruce Beresford
Musik i mörker
Musik i mörker
1948 · Ingmar Bergman
Ten Nights of Dreams
Ten Nights of Dreams
2007 · Kon Ichikawa & Takashi Shimizu
Crossing the Line
Crossing the Line
2008 · Peter Jackson
Loveable
Loveable
2024 · Lilja Ingolfsdottir
Actrius
Actrius
1997 · Ventura Pons
An Unfinished Story
An Unfinished Story
1971 · Mrinal Sen
Endless Poetry
Endless Poetry
2016 · Alejandro Jodorowsky
Insônia
Insônia
1982 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Robinson Crusoe Island
Robinson Crusoe Island
1999 · Patricio Guzmán
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Joe Wright United Kingdom

His visually stunning adaptations of Jane Austen and other literary classics (Pride and Prejudice, Atonement) bring intricate psychological depth and cinematic innovation to beloved novels.

 John Lee Hancock Taiwan

His masterful adaptations of Jane Austen, Kazuo Ishiguro, and other authors (Sense and Sensibility, The Remains of the Day) demonstrate profound understanding of literary subtlety and emotional authenticity.