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by Lance Lee


  22. Hamlet, III, 1, l. 79, p. 81.

  23. William Shakespeare, King Lear, in ibid., III, iv, ll. 102–107, p. 1005.

  24. William Shakespeare, Macbeth, in ibid., V, v, ll. 19–28, p. 1053.

  25. William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, in ibid., V, iv, ll. 108–109, p. 628.

  Appendix: A Case Study

  1. Ingmar Bergman, Fanny and Alexander (New York: Pantheon, 1982).

  2. “Take advantage of today,” Horace, Odes, I, xi, l. 8.

  3. Bergman, p. 26.

  4. Bergman, p. 141.

  5. Bergman, p. 100.

  6. Bergman, p. 94.

  7. Bergman, p. 101.

  8. Bergman, p. 104.

  9. Bergman, pp. 110–111.

  10. Bergman, p. 110.

  11. Bergman, pp. 122–123.

  12. Bergman, p. 135.

  13. Bergman, p. 137.

  14. Bergman, p. 141.

  15. Bergman, p. 142.

  16. Bergman, p. 156.

  17. Bergman, p. 157.

  18. Bergman, pp. 157–158.

  19. Bergman, p. 199.

  20. Bergman, p. 200.

  21. Bergman, p. 188.

  22. Bergman, p. 188.

  23. Bergman, p. 207.

  24. Bergman, p. 208.

  Film and Drama List

  The author is given for each work referred to in the preceding chapters; a “D” indicates he or she also directed the work. Adaptations are given due credit; an asterisk indicates either an unfilmed work or no specific film adaptation (as with Shakespeare) is referred to. Grateful acknowledgment is made to Tom McWilliams for preparing this list.

  An Affair to Remember, 1957 Leo McCarey D, Mildred Cram, Delmer Daves Donald Ogden Stewart

  Analyze That, 2002 Peter Steinfeld, Harold Ramis D, Peter Tolan

  Analyze This, 1999 Based on the story by Kenneth Lonergan and Peter Tolan Peter Tolan, Kenneth Lonergan, Harold Ramis

  *Antigone Sophocles

  *The Bacchae Euripides

  A Beautiful Mind, 2000 Based on the novel by Sylvia Nasar Akiva Goldsman

  Beckett, 1964 Based on the play by Jean Anouilh Edward Anhalt

  Blue, 1993 Krzysztof Kieslowski D, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

  Born Yesterday, 1950 Based on the play by Garson Kanin Albert Mannheimer

  Born Yesterday, 1993 Based on the previous film Douglas McGrath

  Breaking the Waves, 1996 Lars von Trier D, Peter Asmussen, David Pirie

  Chinatown, 1974 Robert Towne

  Chocolat, 2000 Based on the novel by Joanne Harris Robert Nelson Jacobs

  City Slickers, 1991 Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

  Cyrano de Bergerac, 1990 Based on the play by Edmond Rostand Jean-Claude Carrière D, Jean-Paul Rappenau

  Dave, 1993 Gary Ross

  Die Another Day, 2002 Neal Purvis, Robert Wade

  Dirty Harry, 1971 Based on the story by Harry Julian Fink and Rita M. Fink Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Dean Riesner

  *Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe

  Elizabeth, 1998 Michael Hirst Fanny and Alexander, 1983 Ingmar Bergman D

  La Femme Nikita, 1991 Luc Besson D

  Friday the 13th, 1980 Victor Miller

  Gladiator, 2000 Based on the story by David Franzoni David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson

  The Godfather 1, 2; 1972, 1974 Based on the novel by Mario Puzo Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola D

  *Gorbudoc Thomas Morton, Thomas Sackville

  *Hamlet William Shakespeare

  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002 Based on the book by J. K. Rowling Steven Kloves

  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, 2001 Based on the book by J. K. Rowling Steven Kloves

  *Heartbreak House George Bernard Shaw

  *Henry V William Shakespeare

  High Noon, 1952 Carl Foreman

  *Hippolytus Euripides

  The Importance of Being Earnest, 2002 Based on the play by Oscar Wilde Oliver Parker D

  *King Lear William Shakespeare

  Kramer vs. Kramer, 1979 Based on the novel by Avery Corman Robert Benton D

  L.A. Confidential, 1997 Based on the novel by James Ellroy Curtis Hanson D, Brian Helgeland

  Lantana, 2001 Based on the play by Andrew Bovel Andrew Bovel

  Lethal Weapon 1, 1987 Shane Black, Jeffrey Boam

  Lethal Weapon 2, 3; 1989, 1992 Jeffrey Boam

  *The Libation Bearers Aeschylus

  Life Is Beautiful, 1997 Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni D

  Like Water for Chocolate, 1992 Based on the novel by Laura Esquivel Laura Esquivel

  *Macbeth William Shakespeare

  Married to the Mob, 1988 Barry Strugatz, Mark R. Burns

  The Matrix, 1999 Andy Wachowski D, Larry Wachowski D

  *Medea Euripides

  Memento, 2000 Based on the story by Jonathon Nolan Christopher Nolan D

  Mighty Aphrodite, 1995 Woody Allen D

  Much Ado about Nothing, 1993 Based on the play by William Shakespeare Kenneth Branagh D

  The Name of the Rose, 1986 Based on the novel by Umberto Eco Andrew Birkin, Gérard Brach, Howard Franklin, Alain Godard

  No Way Out, 1987 Based on the novel The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing Robert Garland

  *Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles

  *Oedipus Rex Sophocles

  On the Waterfront, 1954 Budd Schulberg

  *Othello Shakespeare

  Pale Rider, 1985 Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack

  The Pianist, 2002 Based on the novel by Wladyslaw Szpilman Ronald Harwood

  Prizzi’s Honor, 1985 Based on the novel by Richard Condon Richard Condon, Janet Roach

  The Professional, 1994 Luc Besson D

  Proof of Life, 2000 Based on the novel The Long March to Freedom by Thomas Hargrove Tony Gilroy

  Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981 Based on the story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman Lawrence Kasdan

  Ran, 1985 Based on King Lear by William Shakespeare Akira Kurosawa D

  Rashômon, 1954 Akira Kurosawa D

  Rear Window, 1954 John Michael Hayes

  The Return of the Jedi, 1983 George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan

  *Richard III William Shakespeare

  A River Runs through It, 1992 Based on the novella by Norman Macean Richard Friedenberg

  Road to Perdition, 2002 Based on the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner David Self

  *Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare

  Roxanne, 1987 Based on Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmund Rostand Steve Martin

  *Saint Joan George Bernard Shaw

  Scarface, 1983 Oliver Stone

  Schindler’s List, 1993 Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally Steven Zaillian

  Shadowlands, 1993 Based on the play by William Nicholson William Nicholson

  Shane, 1953 Based on the novel by Jack Schaefer A. B. Guthrie, Jr.

  Sleepless in Seattle, 1993 Jeffrey Arch, Larry Atlas, David S. Ward, Nora Ephron D

  Smiles of a Summer Night, 1955 Ingmar Bergman D

  Star Wars, 1977 George Lucas D

  A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951 Based on the play by Tennessee Williams Tennessee Williams

  Suddenly Last Summer, 1959 Based on the play by Tennessee Williams Gore Vidal

  *Tamburlaine Christopher Marlowe

  *The Tempest William Shakespeare

  *Titus Andronicus William Shakespeare

  Tootsie, 1982 Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Don McGuire

  The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 1988 Based on the novel by Milan Kundera Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman D

  Unforgiven, 1992 David Peoples

  The Usual Suspects, 1995 Christopher McQuarrie

  Wild Strawberries, 1957 Ingmar Bergman D

  Witness, 1985 Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley

  The Year of Living Dangerously, 1982 Based on the novel by C. J. Koch Peter Weir D, David Williamson

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