THEME EXPLORATION

literary adaptation

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
1992 · Peter Greenaway
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx/Eisenstein/Das Kapital
2008 · Alexander Kluge
A Prophet
A Prophet
2009 · Jacques Audiard
The Leopard
The Leopard
1963 · Luchino Visconti
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
2016 · Vincent Kesteloot
Satan’s Brew
Satan’s Brew
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
La flor de mi secreto
La flor de mi secreto
1994 · Pedro Almodóvar
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023 · Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic
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
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Trueba Spain

Intimate character studies that blend literary sensibility with observational humor about Spanish life.

 Joe Wright United Kingdom

He has repeatedly adapted classic literature (Pride and Prejudice, Atonement, Anna Karenina) with visual innovation that translates narrative complexity into cinematic language.

 Guillermo del Toro Mexico

His adaptations (Pinocchio, The Shape of Water drawing from Cold War espionage literature) blend fidelity to source material with his distinctive visual and thematic imagination.