THEME EXPLORATION

literature

20 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Afire
2023 · Christian Petzold

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Kon Ichikawa

Copie conforme
2010 · Abbas Kiarostami

Clouds of Glory

Clouds of Glory
1978 · Ken Russell

Credited as “Colour Style Creator for Moby Dick

Credited as “Colour Style Creator for Moby Dick
1956 · John Huston

Heart, Head and Hand

Heart, Head and Hand
1979 · Peter Weir

I racconti di Canterbury
1972 · Pier Paolo Pasolini

Ten Nights of Dreams
2007 · Kon Ichikawa & Takashi Shimizu

A TV Dante
1990 · Peter Greenaway

An Unfinished Story
1971 · Mrinal Sen

Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales
1979 · Chuck Jones

Endless Poetry
2016 · Alejandro Jodorowsky

Insônia
1982 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Le Voyage de Gulliver à Lilliput et chez les géants
1902 · Georges Méliès

The Poet of the Castle
1959 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade

Un berenar a Ginebra
2013 · Ventura Pons

Black Tights
1961 · Terence Young

Casey at the Bat
1946 · Jack Kinney

Painted Skin
2008 · Gordon Chan

Satiricosissimo
1970 · Mariano Laurenti

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

François Truffaut France

Pioneer of adapting literature to film, directing acclaimed versions of novels by authors like Jules and Jim and The 400 Blows which drew heavily on literary narrative techniques.

David Fincher United States

Known for meticulous adaptations of complex literary works including Gone Girl and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, transforming novels into visually sophisticated cinema.

Pier Paolo Pasolini Italy

Literary scholar and poet who adapted major works of world literature including Dante's Inferno and The Decameron, exploring the intersection of literature and visual storytelling.