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- Film Adaptations
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Pinter, Harold.
The Proust Screenplay.
- Although never produced, this screenplay is an amazing work in its own right. If you've ever wanted to read an abridged version of the novel, this is it; Pinter does an incredible job distilling almost every major theme of the novel into an elegant, well-crafted work of screen writing.
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Akerman, Chantal.
The Captive. (2000)
- A modernised version of The Captive that rebaptizes the protagonists as Simon and Ariane.
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Ruiz, Raul.
Time Regained. (Kino, 1999)
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The strength of this film adaptation of the
last volume of Proust's novel is its sense of
humor. Unfortunately, those moments are too rare.
Otherwise, it's a rather flat, yet
self-indulgent meditation punctuated with moments
that are supposed to be dramatic, but which are not
given any context. If someone can explain the
film's surrealistic closing scenes, I'd be
quite appreciative.
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The strength of this film adaptation of the
last volume of Proust's novel is its sense of
humor. Unfortunately, those moments are too rare.
Otherwise, it's a rather flat, yet
self-indulgent meditation punctuated with moments
that are supposed to be dramatic, but which are not
given any context. If someone can explain the
film's surrealistic closing scenes, I'd be
quite appreciative.
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Schlöndorff, Volker.
Swann in Love. (1988)
- An adaptation of the third-person novella within the first volume of Proust's novel.
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Adlon, Percy.
Celeste. (1981)
- Film based on Monsieur Proust, the memoirs of Céleste Albaret, Proust's confidant and housekeeper from 1914 until the end of his life.
- Audio
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In Search of Lost Time (Dramatised)
- A BBC Radio six-part dramatisation of Proust's novel.
- Sources of "The Little Phrase"
- Sources for the "little phrase" of the Vinteuil sonata are said to be the opening ninth chord of Franck's Sonata for Piano and Violin in A major, the rising phrases which begin the Adagio of Saint-Saën's Sonata for Piano and Violin no. 1 in D minor, op. 75, and Fauré's Ballade in F sharp major op. 19.
Mark Calkins © 2009
Page last updated: October 10, 2009
Page last updated: October 10, 2009