Category Archives: Filmed adaptations

LIST: A mixed bag

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Ela

Inspired by watching Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon mucking about in Italy (in The Trip to Italy, filmed by Michael Winterbottom), I tried this team’s entertaining adaptation of ‘The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy’, A Cock and Bull Story … Continue reading →

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BOOK TO SCREEN: Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Ela

2005, directed by Joe Wright For most fans, Pride and Prejudice is their favourite book by Jane Austen (mine is Persuasion); it’s probably the best-known of her novels, and has been well-served with numerous screen (mostly television) adaptations. The BBC version of 1995, with Jennifer … Continue reading →

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BOOK TO FILM: Parade’s End – Ford Madox Ford

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Ela

Since I’ve caved in and subscribed to Amazon Prime, I’ve been watching a lot of films and US TV shows this way. One of those included in the subscription was Parade’s End, a dramatisation of three of the novels comprising … Continue reading →

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BOOK TO SCREEN: Filming Shakespeare

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Ela

Firstly, an apology for not posting anything since April: as usual, it’s not as if I haven’t been reading during this lacuna. Secondly, recent re-watchings of Avengers Assemble and Thor: The Dark World made me go in search of other … Continue reading →

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BOOK TO SCREEN: White Mischief

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Ela

1987 film directed by Michael Radford White Mischief tells the story of the still-unsolved murder of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, in Kenya in 1941. Erroll was well-known for being in a louche set in Kenya – his impressive … Continue reading →

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BOOK TO SCREEN: Elementary

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Ela

(CBS television series) I blame Clare at the Literary Omnivore for sparking my interest in this show! Her occasional posts about this updated version of Sherlock Holmes – set in New York, and with a woman Watson – made me … Continue reading →

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BOOK TO SCREEN: Emma

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Ela

(originally broadcast 2009, BBC) The first Austen adaptation I remember watching was the BBC’s Mansfield Park in 1983 with Sylvestra Le Touzel (what a fabulous name!), Anna Massey and Nicholas Farrell. I identified hugely with Fanny, though was not at … Continue reading →

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BOOK TO SCREEN: The Lord of the Rings

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Ela

I was off work last Friday with an immovable neck, and since I couldn’t do anything useful, I sat down and watched the extended DVD editions of Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King … Continue reading →

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BOOK TO SMALL SCREEN: Miss Marple by Agatha Christie

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Ela

Agatha Christie’s detective novels have been often filmed or televised, with Margaret Rutherford portraying Miss Marple in a number of films, the plots of most of which were entirely unrelated to the books Christie actually wrote. Unfortunately that also seems … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Sherlock Holmes (film, 2009)

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Ela

Directed by: Guy Ritchie I really like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories and novels about Sherlock Holmes – more famous than his creator – and wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to watch Guy Ritchie’s 2009 film version which takes … Continue reading →

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