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any good adaptations of Dostoevsky? im reading the idiot now. doesnt kurosawa do an adaptation? is it any good? what about kafka, other than the orson welles version of the trial. any other favorite adaptations of classic novels?

― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Robert Bresson (one of my favorite directors) claimed that Pickpocket was inspired by Crime and Punishment. In 1969, he made A Gentle Woman which is based on a Dostoyevsky short story. Great, great film.

Kurosawa's version of The Idiot is pretty good, but it really helps to know the novel well.

― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

there are a versions of "crime and punishment" but nothing really noteworthy. i think there is also a version of "notes from underground" but i've never seen it.

i've always wanted to do a film adaptation of witold gombrowicz's "cosmos"

― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 20:48 (twenty-two years ago)

In the Chris Marker doc on Tarkovsky, the Russian filmmaker states his unrealized dream of adapting "The Idiot." I've only read "Notes From Underground" but apparently, according to Tarkovsky, "The Idiot" strongly informs all of his films.

― theodore fogelsanger, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 21:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I read "The Idiot" quite a few years back, but it was during a two week NyQuil binge (don't ask). I'll have to read it again.

What's the name of the doc that Marker did about Tarkovsky? I'd love to see it, but not as much as I'd love to see Tarkovsky's vision of "The Idiot".

― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Wednesday, 14 April 2004 01:47 (twenty-two years ago)

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